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 Lathrop (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 Lathrop. 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.
Lathrop is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, DeKalb, Platte & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Lathrop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lathrop:
- Clinton County (The home county of Lathrop)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Converse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Turney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Plattsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lilly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Starfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Trimble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gower
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Cosby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Helena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Easton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Agency
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Saxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Faucett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Willow Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Matney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saint Joseph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Polo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Kidder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Hamilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Farm
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Nettleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Braymer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Proctorville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Holt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kearney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Excelsior Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mosby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Prathersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Chandler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Smithville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roosterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Missouri City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nashua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Mabel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Winston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Altamont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Osborn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stewartsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Amity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Maysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Weatherby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Fairport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Santa Rosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Atherton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- River Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Sibley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cement City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Buckner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Levasy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Edgerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgely
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Camden Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dearborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ferrelview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Platte City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Waukomis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Tracy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Woodruff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Platte Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Houston Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Elmira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Lawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Homestead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Crystal Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Wood Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Knoxville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Rayville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Ovid ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ovid is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lathrop, see our County-by-County Page for Lathrop.
Cemeteries Near Lathrop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lathrop.
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 Lathrop - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lathrop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Lathrop Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McWilliams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Converse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crooked River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Transue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Round Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Estep Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brethren Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brethren Church Cemetery
- The Brethren Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walnut Grove Brethren Church Cemetery
- Continue List (296 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Washington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lathrop had a population of 1,082 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Lathrop had a population of 2,019 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lathrop, with the one closest to Lathrop listed first.
- Converse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Holt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Plattsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lilly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Perrin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perrin is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrin
- Elmira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Scearces
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Scearces is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scearces
- Lawson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mirabile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mirabile is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirabile
- Kearney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Starfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grayson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grayson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Paradise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Kerr
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kerr is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lathrop. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lathrop.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lathrop ...
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 194 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lathrop.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lathrop. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lathrop and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lathrop.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of Lathrop.
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 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 Lathrop:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Caldwell County
- Clay County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Platte County
- Ray 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 Lathrop, 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- Lathrop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |