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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 Lohman (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 Lohman. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Lohman is located in Cole 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 Cole County: Boone, Callaway, Miller, Moniteau & Osage.

Below are the counties that are near Lohman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lohman:

  • Cole County     (The home county of Lohman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lohman, with the one closest to Lohman listed first.
    • Saint Martins
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Martins is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
    • Scruggs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Russellville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Centertown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Decatur
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jefferson City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Wardsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Eugene
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Henley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Henley is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
    • Saint Thomas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Taos
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Taos is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lohman, with the one closest to Lohman listed first.
    • Hartsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Oldham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ashland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Pierpont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Pierpont is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • McBaine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • McBaine is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
    • Huntsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Huntsdale is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Columbia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Moores Switch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Callaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lohman, with the one closest to Lohman listed first.
    • Cedar City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • Holts Summit
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Mykee Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
      • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
    • Folsom
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • New Bloomfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Tebbetts
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Mokane
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Camden County
  • Cooper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lohman, with the one closest to Lohman listed first.
    • Pisgah
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Prairie Home
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
    • Wooldridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lone Elm
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bunceton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarks Fork
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Miller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lohman, with the one closest to Lohman listed first.
    • Olean
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Etterville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Etterville is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etterville
    • Pleasant Mount
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marys Home
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Eldon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Aurora Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Elizabeth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Tuscumbia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Bagnell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeland is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
    • Lakeview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeview is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeside
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeside is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Moniteau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lohman, with the one closest to Lohman listed first.
    • McGirk
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • McGirk is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
    • California
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • High Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jamestown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Latham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Latham is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Clarksburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • Lupus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Lupus is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Fortuna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Fortuna is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna
    • Tipton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Morgan County
  • Osage County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lohman, see our County-by-County Page for Lohman.

Cemeteries Near Lohman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lohman.

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 Lohman - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lohman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lohman, with the one closest to Lohman listed first.

  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Old Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Gordon Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Wilkerson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Stone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Blank Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Russellville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Murray Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (246 more) ...
    • Centertown Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Johnson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eberhardt Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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, Lohman had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Lohman had a population of 168 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lohman, with the one closest to Lohman listed first.

  • Russellville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Scruggs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Centertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Elston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elston is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
  • Decatur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bass
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bass is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
  • McGirk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • McGirk is located in Moniteau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
  • Honey Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Honey Creek is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
  • Enon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Enon is located in Moniteau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
  • Hickory Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Claysville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Claysville is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Marion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Marion is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Osage Bluff
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Osage Bluff is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Bluff
    • Wardsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Jefferson City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lohman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lohman.

Newspapers Published in Lohman ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lohman.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lohman, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lohman.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Lohman:

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 from Point A (ie- Lohman) 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 Lohman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.