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 Little Osage Village (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 Little Osage Village. 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 Little Osage Village ...
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 Little Osage Village: Little Osage Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Little Osage Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Little Osage Village.
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 hospitals and 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.
Little Osage Village is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette & Pettis.
Below are the counties that are near Little Osage Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Osage Village:
- Saline County (The home county of Little Osage Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Osage Village, with the one closest to Little Osage Village listed first.
- Grand Pass
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Malta Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blackburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Leonard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Salt Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Springs is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
- Blosser ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blosser is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
- Fairville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Miami
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cretcher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cretcher is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
- Sweet Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marshall
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Herndon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Herndon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Caldwell County
- Braymer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Osage Village, with the one closest to Little Osage Village listed first.
- Palemon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wakenda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Norborne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Miles Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Bogard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- De Witt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Mandeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Bosworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Stet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Tina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Asper ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Asper is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Osage Village, with the one closest to Little Osage Village listed first.
- Brunswick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grand River City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grand River City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
- Missouri Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
- Snyder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Triplett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Dalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Osage Village, with the one closest to Little Osage Village listed first.
- Dunksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dunksburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunksburg
- Valley City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Valley City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Osage Village, with the one closest to Little Osage Village listed first.
- Waverly
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Hodge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Alma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Corder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Page City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Higginsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Concordia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Emma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Aullville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mayview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston County
- Avalon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Pettis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Osage Village, with the one closest to Little Osage Village listed first.
- Houstonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Houstonia is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Tedieville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tedieville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
- Hughesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hughesville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Longwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Osage Village, with the one closest to Little Osage Village listed first.
- Lakeview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Rockingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockingham is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Hardin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Morton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Morton is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Henrietta
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Richmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ovid ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Camden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Georgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Fleming
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Rayville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Osage Village, see our County-by-County Page for Little Osage Village.
Cemeteries Near Little Osage Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Osage Village.
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 Little Osage Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Osage Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Osage Village, with the one closest to Little Osage Village listed first.
- Waverly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Pass Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Austin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackburn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Malta Bend Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maple Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- Little Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. John's Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Dover.
- The St. John's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183233 <2>
- Dover Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dover Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Dover.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #658938 <2>
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>
While we didn't find Little Osage Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Osage Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Osage Village, with the one closest to Little Osage Village listed first.
- Waverly
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Grand Pass
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Sugartree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugartree is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree
- Hodge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Blackburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Malta Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Palemon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Alma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Mount Leonard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Wakenda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Norborne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Miles Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Corder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Osage Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Osage Village.
Newspapers Published in Little Osage Village ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Osage Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Osage Village, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Osage Village.
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 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 Little Osage Village:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Chariton County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Livingston County
- Pettis 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> | 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. |
| <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 Little Osage Village, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Osage Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |