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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 Lanes Prairie (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 Lanes Prairie. 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 Lanes Prairie ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lanes Prairie: Lanes Pr.
  • While the name of this community is Lanes Prairie, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lanes Prairie may originally have been Lane's Prairie.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lanes Prairie might be written as Lane Prairie.

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.

Lanes Prairie is located in Maries 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 Maries County: Gasconade, Miller, Osage, Phelps & Pulaski.

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

  • Maries County     (The home county of Lanes Prairie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Prairie, with the one closest to Lanes Prairie listed first.
    • Lindell
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Paydown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Vichy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Vichy is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
    • Belle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Vienna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Brinktown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Brinktown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
  • Cole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Prairie, with the one closest to Lanes Prairie listed first.
    • Taos
      (28 miles [45.1 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
    • Saint Thomas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Teal ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Osage City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Osage City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Prairie, with the one closest to Lanes Prairie listed first.
    • Jake Prairie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Oak Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cuba
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Argo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Leasburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Sankey ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sankey is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankey
    • Steelville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bourbon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Midland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Midland is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
    • Wesco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wesco is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
    • Saint Cloud
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Saint Cloud is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Elaver
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • West Sullivan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • West Sullivan is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Prairie, with the one closest to Lanes Prairie listed first.
    • Lake Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lake Spring is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
    • Lecoma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Franklin County
  • Gasconade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Prairie, with the one closest to Lanes Prairie listed first.
    • Redbird
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Bem
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Owensville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Sterling
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
    • Rosebud
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Miller County
    • Saint Elizabeth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Osage County
  • Phelps County
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lanes Prairie, with the one closest to Lanes Prairie listed first.
    • Dixon
      (23 miles [37 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 <2>
    • Devils Elbow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Lanes Prairie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanes Prairie.

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 Lanes Prairie - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lanes Prairie, with the one closest to Lanes Prairie listed first.

  • Cook Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bowles Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bowles Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Moreland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Ferrell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • High Gate Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Love Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (313 more) ...
    • Grovedale Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Travis Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rock Spring Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lanes Prairie had a population of 31 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Lindell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lois
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lois is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lois
  • High Gate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • High Gate is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Gate
  • Paydown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Vichy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Vichy is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
  • Belle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Safe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Safe is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
  • Leduc ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Leduc is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leduc
  • Redbird
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Cleavesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cleavesville is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleavesville
  • Bland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <2>
  • Byron
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Jake Prairie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Vienna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Canaan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Canaan is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan

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

Newspapers Published in Lanes Prairie ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanes Prairie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanes Prairie, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lanes Prairie.

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 Lanes Prairie:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lanes Prairie, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lanes Prairie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.