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 Iantha (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 Iantha. 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 doctors and 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.
Iantha is located in Barton 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 Barton County: Crawford (KS), Cedar, Dade, Jasper & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Iantha. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Iantha:
- Barton County (The home county of Iantha)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Oakton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Lamar Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Irwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Liberal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mindenmines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Kenoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Burgess
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Burgess is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Bushnell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Milford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Layneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Newport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Jerico Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Virgil City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Virgil City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
- Willowville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Willowville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Lockwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Arcola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Jasper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Medoc
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Opolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Carytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Neck City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Alba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Purcell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Asbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Oronogo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Brooklyn Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Carthage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lawrence County
- Red Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Sheldon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bronaugh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Bellamy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Milo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Milo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Moundville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Montevallo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montevallo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevallo
- Nevada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Deerfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Temple ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Temple is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Walker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Walker is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Richards
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Bourbon County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Garland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Edward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Godfrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Pawnee Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Fort Scott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Hiattville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Hollister
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Ronald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Lawton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Badger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Scammon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crestline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Roseland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Carona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- Mackie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mackie is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- Skidmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Skidmore is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Curranville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Cornell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Fox Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Yale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Gross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Arcadia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Arma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Arma is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <1>
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Frontenac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Opolis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Iantha, see our County-by-County Page for Iantha.
Cemeteries Near Iantha ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iantha.
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 Iantha - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Iantha covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Iantha Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Barton City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bakers Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liberal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Side Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nigh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Killey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (226 more) ...
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nashville Cemetery
(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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Iantha had a population of 206 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Iantha, with the one closest to Iantha listed first.
- Verdella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Verdella is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdella
- Lamar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Irwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Liberal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Esrom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Esrom is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esrom
- Hannon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hannon is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannon
- Boston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boston is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Mindenmines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sheldon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bronaugh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Kenoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cornell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Midway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Jasper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Iantha. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iantha.
Newspapers Published in Iantha ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iantha.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iantha, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Iantha.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Iantha:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Barton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Dade County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Vernon County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford 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> | 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 Iantha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Iantha) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |