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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 Koenig (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 Koenig. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Koenig is located in Osage 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 Osage County: Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Maries, Miller & Montgomery.

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

  • Osage County     (The home county of Koenig)
  • Callaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Koenig, with the one closest to Koenig listed first.
    • Tebbetts
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
    • Mokane
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Portland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Steedman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Steedman is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
    • Cedar City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • Holts Summit
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Mykee Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
      • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
    • New Bloomfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Koenig, with the one closest to Koenig listed first.
    • Osage City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Osage City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
    • Taos
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Taos is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
    • Wardsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Saint Thomas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Teal ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jefferson City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Henley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Henley is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
  • Crawford County
  • Franklin County
  • Gasconade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Koenig, with the one closest to Koenig listed first.
    • Bland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bland is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <1>
    • Mount Sterling
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
    • Owensville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Redbird
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bem
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Rosebud
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Morrison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Gasconade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Little Berger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hermann
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Maries County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Koenig, with the one closest to Koenig listed first.
    • Belle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Paydown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lanes Prairie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lindell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Vienna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Vichy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Vichy is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
    • Brinktown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Brinktown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
  • Miller County
    • Saint Elizabeth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery County
  • Phelps County
  • Pulaski County
    • Dixon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Koenig ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Koenig.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Koenig, with the one closest to Koenig 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>

While we didn't find Koenig in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Koenig.

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

  • Byron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Belle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rich Fountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rich Fountain is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Fountain
  • Paydown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <1>
  • Freedom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Freedom is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Linn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Linn is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <1>
  • Cleavesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cleavesville is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleavesville
  • Lanes Prairie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Canaan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Canaan is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
  • Lindell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Mint Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Mint Hill is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hill
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Westphalia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Luystown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Luystown is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luystown
    • Lois
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Lois is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lois

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

Newspapers Published in Koenig ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Koenig.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Koenig, 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 Koenig.

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 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 Koenig:

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 Koenig, 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- Koenig) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.