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 Knights (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 Knights. 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 and hospitals 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.
Knights 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 Knights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Knights:
- Jasper County (The home county of Knights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Forest Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Carthage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Parshley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Parshley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshley
- Fidelity
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Motley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Motley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Avilla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Brooklyn Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Sarcoxie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Duenweg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Prosperity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Monett
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Purdy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tom Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tom Town is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Golden City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kenoma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Nashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Oakton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Lamar Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bushnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Layneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Newport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Mindenmines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Lockwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- South Greenfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Greenfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Red Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Stotts City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Pierce City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Round Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Freistatt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Hoberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Miller
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Heatonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Mount Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Verona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- McDonald County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Rocky Comfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rocky Comfort is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
- Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Goodman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- May
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Diamond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Talmage City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Granby City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Granby City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
- Silver Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Ritchey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ritchey is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Wentworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Saginaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Granby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dennis Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Leawood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leawood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Badger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- East Galena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Empire City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Galena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Galena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Lawton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Crestline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Lowell
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Baxter Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Quaker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Quaker is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
- Baxter Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Opolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Cornell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Kirkwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Peoria
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Lincolnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Knights, see our County-by-County Page for Knights.
Cemeteries Near Knights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knights.
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 Knights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jasper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fair Acres Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Acres Cemetery
- The Fair Acres Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jasper County Poor Farm Cemetery
- Fullerton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moss Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Carthage.
- The Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Regan Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30740 <2>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fidelity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (273 more) ...
- Arthur Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Summerset Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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, Knights had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Knights, with the one closest to Knights listed first.
- Carthage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parshley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Parshley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshley
- Reeds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Fidelity
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Scotland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Avilla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Sarcoxie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Prosperity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Diamond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Bowers Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bowers Mill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Mill
- Maple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Carterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Alba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Webb City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Knights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Knights.
Newspapers Published in Knights ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knights, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knights.
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 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 Knights:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Dade County
- Lawrence County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford 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 Knights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Knights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |