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 Laquey (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 Laquey. 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 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.
Laquey is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Laquey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Laquey:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Laquey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Laquey, with the one closest to Laquey listed first.
- Waynesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Robert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Swedeborg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Bloodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Crocker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Devils Elbow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hawkeye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Dixon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laquey, with the one closest to Laquey listed first.
- Stoutland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Montreal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Decaturville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Decaturville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Linn Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camdenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dent County
- Lenox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laquey, with the one closest to Laquey listed first.
- Abo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Winnipeg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Falcon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sleeper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sleeper is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Lynchburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Competition
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Evergreen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Evergreen has also been known as:
- Evergreen village
- Twin Bridges
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
- Brush Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Eldridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pease
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pease is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Maries County
- Brinktown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brinktown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laquey, with the one closest to Laquey listed first.
- Iberia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Brumley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ulman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kaiser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laquey, with the one closest to Laquey listed first.
- Duke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Arlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jerome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Beulah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Edgar Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Newburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Doolittle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laquey, with the one closest to Laquey listed first.
- Plato
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Roby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Success
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Licking
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wright County
- The following are listed by their distance from Laquey, with the one closest to Laquey listed first.
- Jerktail ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jerktail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
- Astoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Astoria is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Saint George
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Green Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Green Mountain is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Grovespring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Laquey, see our County-by-County Page for Laquey.
Cemeteries Near Laquey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Laquey.
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 Laquey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Laquey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Laquey, with the one closest to Laquey listed first.
- Parsons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Collie Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rollins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bradford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stories Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wrinkle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nicks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mayse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tower Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nicks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brownfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Laughlin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Laquey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Laquey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Laquey, with the one closest to Laquey listed first.
- Waynesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cookville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cookville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Abo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Swedeborg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Drynob
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drynob is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drynob
- Stoutland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Crocker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Nebo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Big Piney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Piney is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Piney
- Glaize ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glaize is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaize
- Spring Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Creek is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sleeper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sleeper is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Hawkeye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Laquey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Laquey.
Newspapers Published in Laquey ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Laquey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Laquey, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Laquey.
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 helpful 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 Laquey:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Dent County
- Laclede County
- Maries County
- Miller County
- Phelps County
- Texas County
- Wright 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> | 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 Laquey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Laquey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |