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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 Longwood (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 Longwood. 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 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.

Longwood is located in Pettis 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 Pettis County: Benton, Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Morgan & Saline.

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

  • Pettis County     (The home county of Longwood)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
    • Mora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Ionia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Ionia is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
    • Cole Camp
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Carroll County
  • Chariton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
    • Namrash ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Namrash is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
    • Lewis Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cooper County
  • Howard County
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
    • Dunksburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Knob Noster
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • 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 Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
    • Emma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Concordia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Alma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Alma is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
    • Corder
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Waverly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Waverly is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
    • Aullville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Aullville is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • Moniteau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
    • Tipton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fortuna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fortuna is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna
  • Morgan County
  • Saline County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Longwood, with the one closest to Longwood listed first.
    • Marshall Junction
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
    • Blue Lick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Nelson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Herndon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Napton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cretcher
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sweet Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Marshall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Arrow Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Salt Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Salt Springs is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
    • Mount Leonard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Saline City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Saline City is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City

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

Cemeteries Near Longwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Longwood.

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

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

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

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 Longwood had a population of 135 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Wanamaker ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Wanamaker is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanamaker
  • Marshall Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
  • Postal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Postal is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postal
  • Tedieville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ridge Prairie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridge Prairie is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Prairie
  • Hughesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hughesville is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Blue Lick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Beaman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Beaman is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman
  • Nelson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Herndon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Houstonia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Clifton City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Clifton City is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton City
    • Napton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Green
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Green is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Green

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

Newspapers Published in Longwood ...

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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Longwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Longwood, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Longwood.

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 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 Longwood:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Longwood) 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 Longwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.