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 Hickory Barren (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 Hickory Barren. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hickory Barren is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Christian, Dade, Dallas, Lawrence, Polk & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Hickory Barren. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Barren:
- Greene County (The home county of Hickory Barren)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Fair Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Langston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Mumford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
- Willard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Turners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Turners is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turners
- Sequiota
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sequiota is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequiota
- Brookline Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Brookline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Bois D'Arc
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Battlefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Cassidy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Fremont Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
- Pembina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pembina is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembina
- Linden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Linden is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Nixa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nixa is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
- Former name for Nixa:
- Faught
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <1>
- Republic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ozark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Velsor ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Velsor is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velsor
- Sparta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clever
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bruner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bruner is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Billings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oldfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oldfield is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Dadeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Everton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Corry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Pilgrim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Charity ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charity is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Long Lane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Louisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Louisburg is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Windyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Windyville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyville
- Douglas County
- Johns Mills ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Conway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Halltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Goodnight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Goodnight is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Estimated population in 2019: 18 people
- Goodnight has also been known as:
- Goodnight village
- Tin Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tin Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Town
- Pleasant Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brighton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graydon Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Wishart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Halfway
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Eudora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Bolivar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aldrich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aldrich is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Goodson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Goodson is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson
- Polk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Stone County
- Union City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Conklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Conklin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
- Elkland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elkland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
- Northview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Northview is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Crown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crown is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Marshfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rogersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fordland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Niangua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Niangua is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Diggins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Diggins is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Olga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Olga is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Sarvis Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sarvis Point is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarvis Point
- Rader
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rader is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rader
- Seymour
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Barren, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Barren.
Cemeteries Near Hickory Barren ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Barren.
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 Hickory Barren - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Barren covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #245971 <3>
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westmoreland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dishman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tiller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glover Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mullinax Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mallard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eastlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Lincoln Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bodenhamer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hickory Barren had a population of 26 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Barren, with the one closest to Hickory Barren listed first.
- Fair Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Strafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goodnight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Goodnight is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Estimated population in 2019: 18 people
- Goodnight has also been known as:
- Goodnight village
- Pleasant Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Caddo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caddo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo
- Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Olive is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Hackney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hackney is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Ritter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ritter is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
- Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brighton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Nichols
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Langston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Mumford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Barren. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Barren.
Newspapers Published in Hickory Barren ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Barren.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Barren, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hickory Barren.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hickory Barren:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Christian County
- Dade County
- Dallas County
- Douglas County
- Laclede County
- Lawrence County
- Polk County
- Stone County
- Webster 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hickory Barren) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hickory Barren, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |