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 Higbee (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 Higbee. 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.
Higbee is located in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Audrain, Boone, Chariton, Howard, Macon, Monroe & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Higbee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Higbee:
- Randolph County (The home county of Higbee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Yates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yates is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Renick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Renick is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Moberly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Huntsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clifton Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Cairo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Thomas Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Hill
- Darksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Darksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darksville
- Jacksonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Audrain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Larrabee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Larrabee is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Saling ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Saling is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
- Tulip
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tulip is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Thompson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Riggs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riggs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Sturgeon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hallsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hinton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Centralia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rocheport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stephens
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Moores Switch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Columbia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huntsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Huntsdale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- McBaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Callaway County
- Stephens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Salisbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Oil City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Keytesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Chraneville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chraneville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
- Dalton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Boonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Place village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Windsor Place village is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Place village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Windsor Place village has also been known as:
- Windsor Place village
- Wooldridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Clarks Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Burton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Armstrong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Armstrong is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Sebree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sebree is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
- Steinmetz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Steinmetz is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinmetz
- Fayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Ardmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ardmore is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
- Excello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kaseyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kaseyville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaseyville
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Bevier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Macon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Evansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Middle Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Grove
- Ash
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Duncans Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Duncans Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Bridge
- Holliday
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holliday is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Woodlawn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Granville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- West Glasgow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Glasgow is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glasgow
- Saline City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Gilliam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gilliam is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Arrow Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Slater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- Enterprise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Higbee, see our County-by-County Page for Higbee.
Cemeteries Near Higbee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Higbee.
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 Higbee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Higbee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Sandy Hook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Higbee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Whitmore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bagby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Guren Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tanton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hagar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Atkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Linn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burnam Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Higbee had a population of 1,093 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Higbee had a population of 538 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Higbee, with the one closest to Higbee listed first.
- Yates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yates is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Renick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Renick is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Burton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Moberly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Airy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Airy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Airy
- Huntsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Randolph Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph Springs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Springs
- Roanoke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Roanoke is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
- Armstrong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Armstrong is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Rileysburg ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rileysburg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sebree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sebree is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
- Riggs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riggs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Clifton Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Higbee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Higbee.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Higbee ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Higbee.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Higbee. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Higbee and those printed in the larger area surrounding Higbee.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Higbee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Higbee:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Randolph County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audrain County
- Boone County
- Callaway County
- Chariton County
- Cooper County
- Howard County
- Macon County
- Monroe County
- Saline County
- Shelby 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> | 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 Higbee, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Higbee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |