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 Martin City (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 Martin City. 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.
Martin City is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Johnson (KS), Wyandotte (KS), Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Martin City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Martin City:
- Jackson County (The home county of Martin City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- New Santa Fe
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Belvidere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Indian Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Holmes Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes Park is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Park
- Holmes Park has also been known as:
- Holmes
- Raytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Blue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Unity Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Greenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leeds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Leeds is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Kansas City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Maywood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Bates County
- Drexel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- Loch Lloyd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Belton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrelson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Raymore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Lee's Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Winnebago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Peculiar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cleveland is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Coleman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Lake Annette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Annette is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- West Line
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Line is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- North Kansas City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- East Kansas City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Birmingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Woodhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Woodhill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhill
- Oaks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oaks is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Claycomo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Gladstone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- Kingsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lafayette County
- Bates City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Northmoor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Parkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Waukomis
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Platte Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Weatherby Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Waldron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Ferrelview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Farley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farley is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Douglas County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- Hesper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hesper is located in Douglas County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Weaver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Clearfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clearfield is located in Douglas County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Eudora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Franklin County (KS)
- Wellsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- Leawood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Overland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mission Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Countryside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Fairway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lenexa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stilwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Mission Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Mission
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Roeland Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Merriam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- Loring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Basehor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Basehor is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basehor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,656 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basehor <1>
- Linwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Linwood has also been known as:
- Big Stranger
- Johnny Cake
- Journeycake
- Highland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Fairmount
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount has also been known as:
- Fairmont Village
- Fall Leaf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Hoge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- Lansing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lansing is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,954 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <1>
- Tonganoxie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miami County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- Wea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wea is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Bucyrus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Chiles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chiles is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Louisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <1>
- Hillsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Somerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Block
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Block is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- New Lancaster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- Argentine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Morris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Turner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Kansas City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grinter Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Edwardsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bonner Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Piper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Wallula
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Martin City, see our County-by-County Page for Martin City.
Cemeteries Near Martin City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Martin City.
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 Martin City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Martin City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bryant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Johnson County Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Linwood Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Douglas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Cemetery
- The Douglas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grange Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Palestine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woolford Farm Horse Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Noland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland Cemetery
- The Noland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Besonia Church Cemetery
- Oliver Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981914 <2>
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Martin City had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Martin City, with the one closest to Martin City listed first.
- New Santa Fe
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Kenneth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kenneth is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Red Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Red Bridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dallas is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stanley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belvidere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Hickman Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman Mills
- Belton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes Park is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Park
- Holmes Park has also been known as:
- Holmes
- Dodson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dodson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Morse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Morse has also been known as:
- Morris
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Jaudon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jaudon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaudon
- Stilwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Harrelson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Martin City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martin City.
Newspapers Published in Martin City ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martin City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martin City, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Martin City.
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 Martin City:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bates County
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Miami County
- Wyandotte 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Martin City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Martin City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |