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 Liberty (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 Liberty. 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.
Liberty is located in Callaway 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 Callaway County: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Liberty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liberty:
- Callaway County (The home county of Liberty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Hord ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Mokane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tebbetts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Steedman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Lake Mykee Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holts Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Folsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Portland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Kingdom City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lindbergh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Oldham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Ashland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hartsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pierpont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Moores Switch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- McBaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Osage City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Jefferson City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Taos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Wardsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Scruggs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Saint Martins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Lohman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Centertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Thomas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Russellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Teal ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Decatur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Hickory Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Morrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gasconade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Mount Sterling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Hermann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Little Berger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Little Berger is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Berger
- Maries County
- Belle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lupus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- McGirk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Bluffton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Americus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Starkenburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Rhineland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Big Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- McKittrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Bonnots Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Chamois
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Loose Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Linn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Folk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Freeburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Koeltztown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Koenig
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Argyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Byron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liberty, see our County-by-County Page for Liberty.
Cemeteries Near Liberty ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty.
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 Liberty - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liberty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Middle River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riverview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boyce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- High Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Caldwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Muir Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bull Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Liberty in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Hord ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Effie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Effie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Hams Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hams Prairie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Prairie
- Bonnots Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cote Sans Dessein ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cote Sans Dessein is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cote Sans Dessein
- Cote Sans Dessein has also been known as:
- Parkersville
- New Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frankenstein
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frankenstein is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenstein
- Guthrie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Guthrie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Holts Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Carrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carrington is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrington
- Osage City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Chamois
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Folsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Luystown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Luystown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luystown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liberty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty.
Newspapers Published in Liberty ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty.
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 Liberty:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Callaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cole County
- Gasconade County
- Maries County
- Moniteau County
- Montgomery County
- Osage 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 Liberty, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Liberty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |