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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 Humansville (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 Humansville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Humansville is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory & Saint Clair.

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

  • Polk County     (The home county of Humansville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Humansville, with the one closest to Humansville listed first.
    • Flemington
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Flemington is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Dunnegan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Dunnegan is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnegan
    • Rondo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fair Play
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Polk
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Polk is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
    • Sentinel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bolivar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Aldrich
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Goodson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Wishart
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Eudora
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Eudora is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
    • Halfway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Halfway is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
    • Graydon Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Cedar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Humansville, with the one closest to Humansville listed first.
    • Caplinger Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Stockton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Umber View Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Lebeck
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Willowville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • El Dorado Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jerico Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
    • Virgil City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Virgil City is located in Cedar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
  • Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Humansville, with the one closest to Humansville listed first.
    • Bona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Corry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dadeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Arcola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Arcola is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
    • Glen Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Glen Town is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
    • Greenfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Humansville, with the one closest to Humansville listed first.
    • Urbana
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Louisburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Tunas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Tunas is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunas
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Humansville, with the one closest to Humansville listed first.
    • Walnut Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Phenix ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Hickory County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Humansville, with the one closest to Humansville listed first.
    • Weaubleau
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Elkton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Galmey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheatland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Quincy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Quincy is located in Hickory County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Hermitage
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Nemo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Avery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Preston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Timbers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Clair County
  • Vernon County

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

Cemeteries Near Humansville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Humansville.

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

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

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Humansville had a population of 791 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Humansville had a population of 1,070 people.

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

  • Dunnegan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dunnegan is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnegan
  • Collins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Arnica
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Arnica is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnica
  • Rondo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Weaubleau
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Elkton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bearcreek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bearcreek is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearcreek
  • Rookins
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Rookins is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rookins
  • Fair Play
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Cobb
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Terry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Terry is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Caplinger Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Stockton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Galmey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Vista
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Vista is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Humansville ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Humansville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Humansville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Humansville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Humansville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> of Humansville.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Humansville:

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>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.
<3>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 Humansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Humansville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.