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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about McPheters Ford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added McPheters Ford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McPheters Ford, please Contact Us.
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 McPheters Ford (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 McPheters Ford. 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.
Name Variations for McPheters Ford ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for McPheters Ford: McPheters Frd.
- While the name of this community is McPheters Ford, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So McPheters Ford may originally have been McPheter's Ford.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McPheters Ford might be written as McPheter Ford.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of McPheters Ford is historic, it would have been located within present day Dallas 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 Dallas County: Camden, Greene, Hickory, Laclede, Polk & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near McPheters Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McPheters Ford:
- Dallas County (The home county of McPheters Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- Celt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Celt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt
- Westfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Leadmine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leadmine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
- Windyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Windyville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyville
- Tunas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tunas is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunas
- Long Lane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Louisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Louisburg is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Urbana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Buffalo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Charity ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Charity is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Benton County
- Edwards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- White City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Decaturville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Decaturville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Macks Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Camdenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linn Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Linn Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Old Linn Creek is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Linn Creek
- Montreal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stoutland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barnumton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Barnumton is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnumton
- Climax Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Damsel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Damsel is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damsel
- Hickory County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- Preston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nemo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nemo is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Cross Timbers
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Timbers is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hermitage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Galmey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Galmey is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galmey
- Elkton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elkton is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Wheatland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- Eldridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sleeper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sleeper is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
- Lebanon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Phillipsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Conway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Abo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Evergreen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Twin Bridges
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
- Pease
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pease is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
- Falcon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- Kaiser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brumley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lakeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeland is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Morgan County
- Laurie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- Goodson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Goodson is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson
- Sentinel
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sentinel is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Former name for Sentinel:
- Sentinel Prairie
- Halfway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Polk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Tin Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tin Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Town
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hawkeye
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Swedeborg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- Rader
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rader is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rader
- Elkland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elkland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
- Niangua
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Niangua is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McPheters Ford, see our County-by-County Page for McPheters Ford.
Cemeteries Near McPheters Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McPheters Ford.
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 McPheters Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McPheters Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- Guthrie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Barclay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ballard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Keith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- A.B. Union Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Winters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Butcher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (261 more) ...
- Dickerson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wiley Gott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Plad Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.
While we didn't find McPheters Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McPheters Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
- Celt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Celt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt
- Leadmine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leadmine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
- Eldridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tilden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tilden is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
- Wood Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Hill
- Macks Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Decaturville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Decaturville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Roach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Long Lane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Louisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Louisburg is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Lebanon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sleeper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sleeper is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Almon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Almon is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
- Brush Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Buffalo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McPheters Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around McPheters Ford.
Newspapers Published in McPheters Ford ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around McPheters Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McPheters Ford, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McPheters Ford.
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 helpful 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 McPheters Ford:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dallas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Camden County
- Hickory County
- Laclede County
- Miller County
- Morgan County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Webster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 McPheters Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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- McPheters Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |