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 Malty (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 Malty. 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 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.
Malty is located in Barton 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 Barton County: Crawford (KS), Cedar, Dade, Jasper & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Malty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Malty:
- Barton County (The home county of Malty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Kenoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Golden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bushnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Lamar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lamar Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Layneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Oakton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Irwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Milford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Nashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Liberal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mindenmines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Jerico Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Virgil City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Virgil City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
- Umber View Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Lockwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Greenfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Greenfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Arcola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Pilgrim
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Glen Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Corry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Everton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dadeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Carytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Avilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Forest Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Carthage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Alba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Neck City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Purcell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Reeds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- La Russell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Russell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Medoc
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Red Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Round Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Miller
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stotts City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Heatonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Stinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Hoberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Mount Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Freistatt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Talmage City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Diamond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <1>
- Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Wentworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Silver Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Dennis Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Leawood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leawood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Saginaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Cliff Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Granby City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Granby City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
- Grand Falls Plaza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Sheldon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bellamy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Montevallo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Montevallo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevallo
- Bronaugh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Milo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Milo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Moundville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Lawton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Badger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Crestline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- East Galena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Empire City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Galena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Opolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Cornell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Yale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Curranville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Fox Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Mulberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frontenac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pittsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Kirkwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Arcadia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Arma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arma is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Malty, see our County-by-County Page for Malty.
Cemeteries Near Malty ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Malty.
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 Malty - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Malty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hendricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harlow - Wright Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Killey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ruddick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hackney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kistler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stafford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Side Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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, Malty had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Malty, with the one closest to Malty listed first.
- Jasper
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kenoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Boston is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Golden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Esrom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Esrom is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esrom
- Dudenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dudenville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudenville
- Lamar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Bushnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Avilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Meinert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Meinert is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinert
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lockwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Alba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Carthage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Malty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Malty.
Newspapers Published in Malty ...
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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Malty.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Malty, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Malty.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Malty:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Barton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Dade County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Newton County
- Vernon County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Malty) 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 Malty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |