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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 Hobart (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 Hobart. 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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Hobart is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Calhoun (IL), Montgomery, Pike, Saint Charles & Warren.

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Hobart)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Whiteside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Whiteside is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Louisville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Louisville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
    • Silex
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Silex is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Corso
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Corso is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corso
    • Auburn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Auburn is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Mackville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Mackville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
    • Briscoe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Briscoe is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
    • Davis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Davis is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Olney
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Olney is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
    • New Hope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • New Hope is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Cave
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Cave is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
    • Elsberry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Audrain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Vandalia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Farber
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Farber is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Laddonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Martinsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Gamma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gamma is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
    • Middletown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Middletown is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Bellflower
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellflower is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
    • Wellsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • High Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jonesburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Montgomery City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • New Florence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Eolia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cyrene
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Cyrene is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
    • Ashley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ashley is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
    • Calumet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Calumet is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
    • Bowling Green
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Paynesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Paynesville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
    • Sledd
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Sledd is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
    • Tarrants
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tarrants is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrants
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 22 people
    • Annada
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Annada is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annada
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Clarksville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Curryville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Curryville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
    • New Harmony
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • New Harmony is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
  • Ralls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Madisonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Madisonville is located in Ralls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
    • Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • New London
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Charles County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Flint Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
    • Foristell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Wentzville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Warrenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Wright City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pendleton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Pendleton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Truesdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Truesdale is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
  • Calhoun County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Mozier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Belleview
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Belleview is located in Calhoun County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
    • Hamburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Hamburg is located in Calhoun County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamburg <1>
    • Gilead
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Gilead is located in Calhoun County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
    • Star City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Star City is located in Calhoun County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
    • Hardin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Hardin is located in Calhoun County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardin <1>
    • Michael
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Kampsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Batchtown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cliffdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
  • Greene County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • East Hardin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • East Hardin is located in Greene County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin
    • Eldred
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Eldred is located in Greene County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eldred <1>
  • Jersey County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Spankey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Spankey is located in Jersey County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
    • Nutwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Nutwood is located in Jersey County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
  • Pike County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hobart, with the one closest to Hobart listed first.
    • Pike
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Pike is located in Pike County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
    • Pleasant Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Atlas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Atlas is located in Pike County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
    • Rockport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Nebo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Nebo is located in Pike County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nebo <1>
    • Summer Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Summer Hill is located in Pike County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
    • Martinsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Martinsburg is located in Pike County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
    • Straut
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Straut is located in Pike County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straut
    • Bee Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bee Creek is located in Pike County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
    • El Dara
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • New Canton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • New Canton is located in Pike County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
    • Pearl
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pearl is located in Pike County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Hobart ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hobart.

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

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

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

  • Morris Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Copenhaven Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Tinsley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Oak Grove Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Church Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Ashley and Whiteside.  The cemetery lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the west of Whiteside.
    • The Oak Grove Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2418671 <4>
  • Brinegar Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamieson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Reynolds Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Corner Stone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Worthington Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gibbs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Louisville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (314 more) ...
    • Lewis - Meriwether Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Grimmett Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kimler Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<5>

While we didn't find Hobart in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hobart.

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

  • Louisville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Louisville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
  • Whiteside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Whiteside is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Edgewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Edgewood is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
  • Eolia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cyrene
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cyrene is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
  • Silex
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Silex is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
  • Corso
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Corso is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corso
  • Millwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Millwood is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
  • Saint Clement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Clement is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clement
  • Ashley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashley is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
  • Auburn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Auburn is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Calumet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Calumet is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • New Hartford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • New Hartford is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
    • Mackville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Mackville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
    • Briscoe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Briscoe is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe

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

Newspapers Published in Hobart ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hobart.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hobart, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hobart.

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 helpful 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 Hobart:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Ashley and Whiteside. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hobart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hobart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.