Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Hemple (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Hemple. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Hemple is located in Clinton County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clinton County: Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, DeKalb, Platte & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Hemple. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hemple:
- Clinton County (The home county of Hemple)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Starfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Gower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plattsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Turney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cameron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Trimble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lathrop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Converse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Cosby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Helena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Country Club
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Amazonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Savannah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Nodaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Rea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rosendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Easton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Saxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Agency
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Matney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Willow Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Saint Joseph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Faucett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rushville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Kidder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Polo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Holt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kearney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Chandler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Roosterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Mabel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Winston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altamont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Stewartsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Osborn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Amity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Maysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Winslow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Fairport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Weatherby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Santa Rosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- King City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ford City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Island City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Gentryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Holt County
- Forbes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Edgerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dearborn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Camden Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodruff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Platte City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- West Platte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Platte is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Ferrelview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Iatan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iatan is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Sugar Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Elmira
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Lawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Atchison County (KS)
- Oak Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Elwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Palermo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Blair
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Doniphan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Brenner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hemple, see our County-by-County Page for Hemple.
Cemeteries Near Hemple ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hemple.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Hemple - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hemple covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Keller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Todd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thornton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stewartsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kessler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Easton.
- Moxley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Silvers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Clarksdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bowen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hemple had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hemple, with the one closest to Hemple listed first.
- Stewartsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bayfield ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bayfield is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Easton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Stockbridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stockbridge is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Starfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Clarksdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Garrettsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garrettsburg is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Gower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- San Antonio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- San Antonio is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Frazier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frazier is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Boxford ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boxford is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxford
- Perrin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perrin is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrin
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Scearces
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Scearces is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scearces
- Clair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clair is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
- Saxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hemple. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hemple.
Newspapers Published in Hemple ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 270 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hemple.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hemple, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hemple.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Hemple:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Caldwell County
- Clay County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Atchison County
- Doniphan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hemple, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hemple) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |