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 Union (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 Union. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Union is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Adams (IL), Pike (IL), Lewis, Monroe, Ralls & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Little Union. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Union:
- Marion County (The home county of Little Union)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Philadelphia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Dodge City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dodge City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nelsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Helton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Helton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Hannibal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cave City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cave City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Clark County
- Saint Patrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Patrick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Newark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jeddo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jeddo is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Plevna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plevna is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Hedge City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hedge City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedge City
- Knox City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maywood is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ewing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Weber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Weber is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Gilead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Argola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Argola is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argola
- Sellers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sellers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- La Grange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewistown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- New Court Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Court Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Court Village
- Canton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Monroe City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Stoutsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Florida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Goss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Granville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pike County
- Frankford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ralls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Rensselaer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rensselaer is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- The Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- The Landing is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing
- Shaver Ford ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shaver Ford is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Ford
- New London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Saverton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saverton is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saverton
- Madisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Madisonville is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Perry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Emden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Emden is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emden
- Hunnewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Kendall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kendall is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Lakenan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakenan is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakenan
- Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shelbyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Shelbina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kirby is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Lentner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lentner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentner
- Leonard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Adams County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Marblehead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Marblehead is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Quincy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fall Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fall Creek is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Ewbanks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ewbanks is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewbanks
- Payson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Burton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Ursa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meyer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Meyer is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer
- Adams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Fowler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plainville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Marcelline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marcelline is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcelline
- Pike County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Shepherd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shepherd is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Spencer is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Hull
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kinderhook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Union, see our County-by-County Page for Little Union.
Cemeteries Near Little Union ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Union.
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 Union - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Union covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Little Union Churchyard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Banks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Terrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McPike Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coleman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunrise Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Maywood.
- Cobb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Palmyra Greenwood Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Palmyra.
- The Palmyra Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Palmyra.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #223766 <3>
- Hebron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Calvert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Little Union in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Union.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Union, with the one closest to Little Union listed first.
- Emerson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Philadelphia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Hester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hester is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warren is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Naomi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Naomi is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi
- Woodland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Benbow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Benbow is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benbow
- North River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North River is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maywood is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Ely
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ely is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- West Ely
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Ely is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ely
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Barkley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barkley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkley
- Taylor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nelsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Union. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Union.
Newspapers Published in Little Union ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Union.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Union, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Union.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Little Union:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Knox County
- Lewis County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Ralls County
- Shelby County
- Adams County
- Pike 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Union) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |