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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 Kenwood (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 Kenwood. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Kenwood is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Adair, Clark, Lewis, Macon, Scotland & Shelby.

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

  • Knox County     (The home county of Kenwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood, with the one closest to Kenwood listed first.
    • Hurdland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Hurdland is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Baring
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Edina
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greensburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rutledge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Novelty
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hedge City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Knox City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Colony
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Forest Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jeddo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Plevna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Plevna is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
    • Newark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Adair County
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood, with the one closest to Kenwood listed first.
    • Wyaconda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Neeper
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Luray
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Luray is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood, with the one closest to Kenwood listed first.
    • La Belle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • New Court Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • New Court Village is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Court Village
    • Lewistown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Williamstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Williamstown is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
    • Argola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Monticello
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Monticello is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Macon County
  • Putnam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood, with the one closest to Kenwood listed first.
    • Worthington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Livonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Livonia is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • Schuyler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood, with the one closest to Kenwood listed first.
    • Greentop
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Downing
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Downing is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Queen City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Julesburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lancaster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenwood is located in Schuyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
  • Scotland County
  • Shelby County
  • Davis County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kenwood, with the one closest to Kenwood listed first.
    • Savannah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Savannah is located in Davis County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
    • Stiles
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Kenwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kenwood.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kenwood, with the one closest to Kenwood 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 in 1895, Kenwood had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Hurdland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hurdland is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
  • Brashear
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Baring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Edina
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Adair ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Adair is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
  • Greensburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gibbs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bullion ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Wilson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bible Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bible Grove is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Grove
  • Locust Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Locust Hill is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Millport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Millport is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sand Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sand Hill is located in Scotland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
    • Pleasant Retreat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Sperry ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sperry is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry

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

Newspapers Published in Kenwood ...

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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kenwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kenwood, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kenwood.

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 Kenwood:

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 Kenwood, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.