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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 Hunterville (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 Hunterville. 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.

Hunterville is located in Stoddard 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 Stoddard County: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, New Madrid, Scott & Wayne.

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

  • Stoddard County     (The home county of Hunterville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunterville, with the one closest to Hunterville listed first.
    • Grayridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
    • Circle City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Circle City is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
    • Penermon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Penermon is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
    • Essex
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Essex is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
    • Baker
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Baker is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
    • Guam ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Guam is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
    • Bloomfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dexter
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • LaValle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • LaValle is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
    • Bell City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bell City is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
    • Bernie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dudley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Dudley is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
    • Leora
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Leora is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
  • Bollinger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunterville, with the one closest to Hunterville listed first.
    • Sturdivant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
    • Greenbrier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
    • Zalma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Zalma is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
      • Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
    • Leopold
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Leopold is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
    • Gipsy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunterville, with the one closest to Hunterville listed first.
    • Fisk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Broseley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rombauer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Rombauer is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
    • Qulin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Qulin is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
  • Cape Girardeau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunterville, with the one closest to Hunterville listed first.
    • Green Cox
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
    • Randles
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
    • Cliff ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
    • Delta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
    • Allenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
    • Whitewater
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Dutchtown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
      • Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
  • Dunklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunterville, with the one closest to Hunterville listed first.
    • Malden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarkton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
    • Campbell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wrightsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
    • Gibson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gibson is located in Dunklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
  • Mississippi County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunterville, with the one closest to Hunterville listed first.
    • Bertrand
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
    • East Prairie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Whiting
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Whiting is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
    • Anniston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Anniston is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
    • Charleston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Charleston is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
    • Pinhook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
      • Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
  • New Madrid County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunterville, with the one closest to Hunterville listed first.
    • Morehouse
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
    • Canalou
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Canalou is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Sikeston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Matthews
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Ogden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Ogden is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
    • Parma
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Parma is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
    • Catron
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Catron is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
    • Kewanee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
    • Risco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Risco is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Risco <1>
    • La Forge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • La Forge is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
    • North Lilbourn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
    • Lilbourn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Howardville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Howardville is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
  • Pemiscot County
    • Hayward
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunterville, with the one closest to Hunterville listed first.
    • Crowder
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Crowder is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
    • Vanduser
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Vanduser is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Miner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Miner is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
    • Haywood City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Haywood City is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Morley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Morley is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Perkins
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Perkins is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
    • Blodgett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Blodgett is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
    • Oran
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Oran is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <1>
    • Caney Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Caney Creek is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
    • Diehlstadt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Benton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Lambert
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Lambert is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
    • New Hamburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • New Hamburg is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunterville, with the one closest to Hunterville listed first.
    • Wappapello
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • McGee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • McGee is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee

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

Cemeteries Near Hunterville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunterville.

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

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

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

  • Ellis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bluff Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kinder Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cravins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cravins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dexter Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bloomfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Link Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hagy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Barker Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (226 more) ...
    • Dowdy Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ezell Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Memorial Gardens
      (10 miles [16.1 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>

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

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

  • Grayridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
  • Essex
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Essex is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
  • Buffington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Buffington is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
  • Idalia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Idalia is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idalia
  • Morehouse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
  • Avert
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Avert is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avert
  • Dexter
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Little River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Little River is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Bloomfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ardeola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Ardeola is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardeola
  • Sikeston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bernie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Bell City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bell City is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
    • Zadock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Zadock is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadock
    • Como
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Como is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como

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

Newspapers Published in Hunterville ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunterville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunterville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hunterville.

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 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 Hunterville:

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 Hunterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hunterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.