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 Lake City (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 Lake City. 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.
Name Variations for Lake City ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake City: Lk. City
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lake City. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake City.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Lake City is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Johnson (KS), Wyandotte (KS), Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Lake City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake City:
- Jackson County (The home county of Lake City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Buckner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Blue Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grain Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Levasy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Lake Tapawingo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Cement City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- River Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Carroll County
- Miles Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winnebago
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Baldwin Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Pleasant Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Raymore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Strasburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coleman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Belton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrelson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Loch Lloyd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Riverview Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Peculiar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East Lynne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Missouri City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sugar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Birmingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Glenaire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Claycomo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- East Kansas City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Mosby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Chandler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Pleasant Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Converse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lilly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Trimble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Kingsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greendoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greendoor is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendoor
- Holden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Napoleon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Bates City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Odessa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mayview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Higginsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Page City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Northmoor
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Riverside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Platte Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Parkville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Weatherby Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Ferrelview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Waldron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Waldron is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Albany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Orrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Camden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Crystal Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Excelsior Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Henrietta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Rayville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Mission Woods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Westwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Fairway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mission Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Leawood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Roeland Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Countryside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Merriam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Overland Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Quivira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lake Quivira is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Quivira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Kansas City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Argentine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Turner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Morris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Edwardsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake City, see our County-by-County Page for Lake City.
Cemeteries Near Lake City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake City.
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 Lake City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Hudspeth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lobb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chiddix Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chiles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckner Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Douglass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Franklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Drake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Clair Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Greens Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blue Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lake City had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
- Buckner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mills
- Adams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Pink Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pink Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Hill
- Atherton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Sibley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grain Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Levasy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Courtney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Courtney is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Missouri City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Floyd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Floyd is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake City.
Newspapers Published in Lake City ...
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 238 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake City, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Lake City:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Wyandotte 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lake City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |