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 Hiler (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 Hiler. 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 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.
Hiler is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Johnson (KS), Wyandotte (KS), Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Hiler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hiler:
- Jackson County (The home county of Hiler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Buckner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Grain Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Levasy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Blue Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sibley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Tapawingo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Adams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Atherton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Lake Lotawana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sni Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sni Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sni Mills
- Carroll County
- Miles Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Strasburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Raymore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Belton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrelson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Loch Lloyd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- East Lynne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gunn City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gunn City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Missouri City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Birmingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Prathersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Glenaire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- East Kansas City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Randolph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Mosby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Claycomo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Converse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lilly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Columbus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Kingsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greendoor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greendoor is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendoor
- Holden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Tour
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- La Tour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
- Latour
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Latour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Napoleon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Bates City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Odessa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Lafayette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Mayview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Higginsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Page City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Aullville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Northmoor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Houston Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Lake Waukomis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Platte Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Parkville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Ferrelview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Orrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Fleming
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Camden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Wood Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Rayville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Mission Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Mission Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Westwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Fairway
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leawood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Roeland Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Countryside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Merriam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Overland Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Kansas City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Argentine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Turner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Morris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hiler, see our County-by-County Page for Hiler.
Cemeteries Near Hiler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hiler.
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 Hiler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hiler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Chiddix Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Clair Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greens Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grain Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mecklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Buckner Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Valley Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ebenezer Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Buckner.
- The Ebenezer Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bone Hill Cemetery
- Ebenezer UCC Cemetery
- Levasy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161426 <3>
- Lobb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (294 more) ...
- Blue Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Purdee Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Hiler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hiler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hiler, with the one closest to Hiler listed first.
- Pink Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pink Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Hill
- Buckner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Grain Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blue Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Levasy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Sibley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Blue Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mills
- Adams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Bates City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Floyd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Floyd is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Atherton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hiler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hiler.
Newspapers Published in Hiler ...
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 224 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hiler, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hiler.
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 Hiler:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Wyandotte 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 '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- Hiler) 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 Hiler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |