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 Loeffler (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 Loeffler. 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 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 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.
Loeffler is located in Adair 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 Adair County: Knox, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Loeffler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Loeffler:
- Adair County (The home county of Loeffler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loeffler, with the one closest to Loeffler listed first.
- Nind ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danforth is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
- Novinger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Kirksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Gibbs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Brashear
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brashear is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Grundy County
- Galt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loeffler, with the one closest to Loeffler listed first.
- Hurdland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hurdland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Kenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kenwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loeffler, with the one closest to Loeffler listed first.
- New Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Browning
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Purdin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Bucklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Linneus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Brookfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haseville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Marceline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Laclede
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loeffler, with the one closest to Loeffler listed first.
- South Gifford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Goldsberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Elmer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Ethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- La Plata
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hart
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Barnesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Love Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- New Cambria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- Atlanta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Bloomington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loeffler, with the one closest to Loeffler listed first.
- Worthington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Worthington is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Livonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Livonia is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Unionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loeffler, with the one closest to Loeffler listed first.
- Greentop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Julesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Julesburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julesburg
- Clifton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loeffler, with the one closest to Loeffler listed first.
- Sticklerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Winigan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Owasco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Owasco is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Greencastle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Green City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Milan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pennville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Boynton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boynton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Pollock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pollock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Humphreys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Osgood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Osgood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Harris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Loeffler, see our County-by-County Page for Loeffler.
Cemeteries Near Loeffler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loeffler.
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 Loeffler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Loeffler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Loeffler, with the one closest to Loeffler listed first.
- Cheeseman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Worley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pratt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haines Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pickerel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ringo Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tallman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bunch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baker Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Winigan.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #185432 <3>
- Pinkerton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- Baden Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCollum 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Loeffler had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Loeffler, with the one closest to Loeffler listed first.
- Nind ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Winigan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Sticklerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Lindersville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lindersville is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindersville
- Sedgwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sedgwick is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- Owasco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Owasco is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- North Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Salem is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
- Walnut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- New Boston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Goldsberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Danforth is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
- Greencastle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Novinger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Green City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Shelby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Loeffler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Loeffler.
Newspapers Published in Loeffler ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Loeffler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loeffler, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Loeffler.
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 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 Loeffler:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Adair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grundy County
- Knox County
- Linn County
- Macon County
- Putnam County
- Schuyler County
- Sullivan 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Loeffler) 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 Loeffler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |