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 Johnstown (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 Johnstown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Johnstown is located in Linn 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 Linn County: Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Livingston, Macon & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Johnstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnstown:
- Linn County (The home county of Johnstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- New Boston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Bucklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Brookfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Purdin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Linneus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Browning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Marceline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Laclede
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Forker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forker
- Haseville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Meadville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Fountain Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Nind ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danforth is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
- Millard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Novinger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Kirksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- Hale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Rothville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rothville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Sumner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mendon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mendon is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Chraneville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chraneville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
- Triplett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Snyder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Galt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laredo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Dunlap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Wheeling
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Chula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Avalon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Farmersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Hart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Goldsberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Ethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lingo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- New Cambria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- South Gifford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Barnesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Callao
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bloomington is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Bevier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kaseyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kaseyville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaseyville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Winigan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Owasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Owasco is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Sticklerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Milan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Humphreys
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Green City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Greencastle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boynton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Boynton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Osgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Osgood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnstown, see our County-by-County Page for Johnstown.
Cemeteries Near Johnstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnstown.
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 Johnstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Wyant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pulliam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant View Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baugher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Garden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McCollum Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grantsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Price Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Peavler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- White Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tallman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Johnstown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnstown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnstown, with the one closest to Johnstown listed first.
- Hybrid ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hybrid is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hybrid
- Shelby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Leverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leverton is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverton
- New Boston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Saint Catharine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Catharine is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catharine
- Sedgwick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sedgwick is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- North Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Salem is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
- Brookfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bucklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Hart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Winigan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Purdin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Goldsberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Linneus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Lingo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnstown.
Newspapers Published in Johnstown ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnstown, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johnstown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Johnstown:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Linn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Carroll County
- Chariton County
- Grundy County
- Livingston County
- Macon County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 Johnstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Johnstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |