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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 Henrietta (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 Henrietta. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Henrietta is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Cass, Henry, Jackson, Lafayette, Pettis & Saline.

Below are the counties that are near Henrietta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Henrietta:

  • Johnson County     (The home county of Henrietta)
  • Bates County
  • Benton County
  • Cass County
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrietta, with the one closest to Henrietta listed first.
    • Bowen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bowen is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
    • Windsor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Calhoun
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Calhoun is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
    • Yolo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Norris
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Alberta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Maurine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Maurine is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurine
    • Clinton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Blairstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Tightwad
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Tightwad is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightwad
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
    • Hartwell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartwell is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
    • Urich
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • La Due
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • La Due is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Due
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 28 people
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henrietta, with the one closest to Henrietta listed first.
    • Concordia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Emma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Aullville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Aullville is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Lake Lafayette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pettis County
  • Saline County
    • Sweet Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Henrietta, see our County-by-County Page for Henrietta.

Cemeteries Near Henrietta ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Henrietta.

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 Henrietta - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Henrietta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Henrietta, with the one closest to Henrietta listed first.

  • Cooper Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mineral Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Goodwin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Greer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fewel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Chipman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Woodard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Adams Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (208 more) ...
    • Avery Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Askins Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jones Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Henrietta had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Henrietta, with the one closest to Henrietta listed first.

  • Leeton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Owsley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Owsley is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owsley
  • Post Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Post Oak is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
  • Windsor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cornelia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Shawnee Mound
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Shawnee Mound is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Mound
  • Calhoun
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Calhoun is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
  • Montserrat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Montserrat is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montserrat
  • Quarles
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Quarles is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarles
  • Green Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Green Ridge is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
  • Knob Noster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Warrensburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Chilhowee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Chilhowee is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
    • Petersburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Huntingdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Huntingdale is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdale

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Henrietta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Henrietta.

Newspapers Published in Henrietta ...

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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Henrietta.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Henrietta, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Henrietta.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Henrietta:

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>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 Henrietta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Henrietta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.