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 Loring (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 Loring. 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.
Loring is located in Wright 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 Wright County: Douglas, Laclede, Texas & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Loring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Loring:
- Wright County (The home county of Loring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loring, with the one closest to Loring listed first.
- Grovespring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Odin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Odin is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
- Saint George
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Hartville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jerktail ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jerktail is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
- Green Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Green Mountain is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Astoria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Astoria is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Graff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Graff is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
- Mansfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Macomb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Macomb is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
- Norwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Christian County
- Elkhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loring, with the one closest to Loring listed first.
- Long Lane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Charity ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Charity is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loring, with the one closest to Loring listed first.
- Olathia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Olathia is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathia
- Ava
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Arden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Johns Mills ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
- Vanzant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vanzant is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
- Red Bank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Greene County
- Strafford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loring, with the one closest to Loring listed first.
- Pease
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pease is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Competition
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Twin Bridges
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
- Evergreen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Evergreen is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Evergreen has also been known as:
- Evergreen village
- Conway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lynchburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Phillipsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Falcon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brush Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Lebanon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winnipeg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Abo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loring, with the one closest to Loring listed first.
- Bendavis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bendavis is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis
- Huggins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Huggins is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
- Plato
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Former name for Dunn:
- Impo
- Roby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Success
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cabool
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bucyrus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loring, with the one closest to Loring listed first.
- Rader
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rader is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rader
- Niangua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Niangua is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Seymour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marshfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Diggins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Diggins is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Crown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crown is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Sarvis Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sarvis Point is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarvis Point
- Northview
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Northview is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Fordland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Conklin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Conklin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
- Olga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Olga is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Elkland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elkland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
- Rogersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Loring, see our County-by-County Page for Loring.
Cemeteries Near Loring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loring.
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 Loring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Loring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Loring, with the one closest to Loring listed first.
- Little Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Petet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Krause Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bramhall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sixteenth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Binkley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Claxton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Weaver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Dorris Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Matlock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Loring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Loring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Loring, with the one closest to Loring listed first.
- Boyer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boyer is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
- Fuson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fuson is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuson
- Grovespring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Odin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Odin is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
- Duncan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Hartville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint George
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint George is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Pease
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pease is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Antrim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Umpire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Umpire is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
- Manes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Manes is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manes
- Rader
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rader is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rader
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bracken
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bracken is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Orla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Orla is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orla
- Competition
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Loring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Loring.
Newspapers Published in Loring ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Loring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loring, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Loring.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Loring:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Wright County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Christian County
- Dallas County
- Douglas County
- Greene County
- Laclede County
- Texas County
- Webster 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Loring) 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 Loring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |