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 Iron Gates (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 Iron Gates. 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.
Iron Gates is located in Jasper 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 Jasper County: Cherokee (KS), Crawford (KS), Barton, Dade, Lawrence & Newton.
Below are the counties that are near Iron Gates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Iron Gates:
- Jasper County (The home county of Iron Gates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Gates, with the one closest to Iron Gates listed first.
- West Joplin
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Joplin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Central City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Central City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- East Joplin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Lone Elm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Rex City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rex City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex City
- Duquesne
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Duquesne is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
- Airport Drive
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Airport Drive is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Thoms
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Oakland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Park is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Klondike
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Carl Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Gates, with the one closest to Iron Gates listed first.
- Nashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Mindenmines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oakton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- McDonald County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Gates, with the one closest to Iron Gates listed first.
- May
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Goodman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Erie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Tiff City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wylie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wylie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Gates, with the one closest to Iron Gates listed first.
- Grand Falls Plaza
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Cliff Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Dennis Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Redings Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Leawood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leawood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Silver Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Loma Linda
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Spring City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Saginaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Racine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Racine is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Diamond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <1>
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Gates, with the one closest to Iron Gates listed first.
- East Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Empire City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Badger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Riverton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crestline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Baxter Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Baxter Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lawton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Commonwealth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Commonwealth is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Quaker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Quaker is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Gates, with the one closest to Iron Gates listed first.
- Opolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Kirkwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Klendike
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Klendike is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
- Cherokee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cornell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Frontenac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Capaldo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Yale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Beulah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Monmouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monmouth is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Labette County (KS)
- Chetopa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware County (OK)
- Cayuga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cayuga is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Gates, with the one closest to Iron Gates listed first.
- Peoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Lincolnville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Quapaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Picher ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cardin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Commerce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- North Miami
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Wyandotte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kellyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Miami
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,947 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
- Dotyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Iron Gates, see our County-by-County Page for Iron Gates.
Cemeteries Near Iron Gates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iron Gates.
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 Iron Gates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Iron Gates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iron Gates, with the one closest to Iron Gates listed first.
- Osborne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parkway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Joplin.
- The Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ozark Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30712 <2>
- Peace Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peace Church Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Joplin.
- Forest Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Webb City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30325 <2>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Galena Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Iron Gates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Iron Gates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Iron Gates, with the one closest to Iron Gates listed first.
- Blendville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Blendville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendville
- West Joplin
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Joplin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Joplin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Tuckahoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tuckahoe is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Saginaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Thoms
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Empire City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Hornet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hornet is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Smithfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Webb City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carl Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Prosperity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prosperity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Iron Gates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iron Gates.
Newspapers Published in Iron Gates ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iron Gates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iron Gates, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Iron Gates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Iron Gates:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barton County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Labette County
- Delaware County
- Ottawa 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 Iron Gates, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Iron Gates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |