RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Missouri >> Dallas County >> McPheters Ford >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Missouri

The Commemorative Quarter for Missouri





Our Genealogy Helper

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 have occurred.

  • 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 southwest 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 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.

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 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Celt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt
      • Celt is located in Dallas County
    • Leadmine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
      • Leadmine is located in Dallas County
    • Windyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyville
      • Windyville is located in Dallas County
    • Tunas
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunas
      • Tunas is located in Dallas County
    • Long Lane
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
      • Long Lane is located in Dallas County
    • Louisburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
      • Louisburg is located in Dallas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Urbana
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Urbana have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
      • Urbana is located in Dallas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Urbana <4>
    • Buffalo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Benton County
    • Edwards
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwards have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
      • Edwards is located in Benton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwards <4>
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
      • White City is located in Camden County
    • Decaturville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
      • Decaturville is located in Camden County
    • Macks Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Roach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
      • Roach is located in Camden County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roach <4>
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Linn Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Linn Creek
      • Old Linn Creek is located in Camden County
    • Montreal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montreal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
      • Montreal is located in Camden County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montreal <4>
    • Stoutland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoutland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutland
      • Stoutland is located in Camden County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stoutland <4>
    • Climax Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Climax Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax Springs
      • Climax Springs is located in Camden County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Climax Springs <4>
    • Sunrise Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
      • Sunrise Beach is located in Camden County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunrise Beach <4>
    • Osage Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osage Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Beach
      • Osage Beach is located in Camden County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osage Beach <4>
    • Shawnee Bend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Bend
      • Shawnee Bend is located in Camden County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Preston is located in Hickory County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Preston <4>
    • Nemo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
      • Nemo is located in Hickory County
    • Cross Timbers
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
      • Cross Timbers is located in Hickory County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Pittsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
      • Pittsburg is located in Hickory County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsburg <4>
    • Hermitage
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermitage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
      • Hermitage is located in Hickory County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermitage <4>
    • Galmey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galmey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galmey
      • Galmey is located in Hickory County
    • Elkton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
      • Elkton is located in Hickory County
    • Wheatland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
      • Wheatland is located in Hickory County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheatland <4>
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
      • Sleeper is located in Laclede County
    • Lebanon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brush Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
      • Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
    • Phillipsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillipsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
      • Phillipsburg is located in Laclede County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phillipsburg <4>
    • Oakland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Oakland is located in Laclede County
    • Conway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Evergreen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Evergreen is located in Laclede County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Bridges came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
      • Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
    • Pease
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pease have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
      • Pease is located in Laclede County
    • Falcon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
      • Falcon is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falcon <4>
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaiser have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiser
      • Kaiser is located in Miller County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaiser <4>
    • Brumley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brumley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumley
      • Brumley is located in Miller County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brumley <4>
    • Lakeside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Miller County
    • Lakeland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
      • Lakeland is located in Miller County
    • Lakeview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Lakeview is located in Miller County
  • Morgan County
    • Laurie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurie
      • Laurie is located in Morgan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 980 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurie <4>
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson
      • Goodson is located in Polk County
    • Sentinel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sentinel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
      • Sentinel is located in Polk County
      • Former name for Sentinel:
      • Sentinel Prairie
    • Halfway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Halfway is located in Polk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
    • Polk
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
      • Polk is located in Polk County
    • Tin Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tin Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Town
      • Tin Town is located in Polk County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Richland is located in Pulaski County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,800 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <4>
    • Hawkeye
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkeye have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
      • Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
    • Swedeborg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swedeborg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
      • Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McPheters Ford, with the one closest to McPheters Ford listed first.
    • Elkland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
      • Elkland is located in Webster County
    • Niangua
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Niangua have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
      • Niangua is located in Webster County
      • 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.

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]<6>. 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guthrie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guthrie Cemetery
  • Turner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
  • Barclay Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barclay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barclay Cemetery
  • Ballard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ballard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ballard Cemetery
  • Berry Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Keith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keith Cemetery
  • A.B. Union Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Cemetery
  • Mills Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mills Cemetery
  • Winters Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winters Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32341 <7>
  • Kirk Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirk Cemetery
  • Butcher Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butcher Cemetery
  • Continue List   (260 more) ...
    • Dickerson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wiley Gott Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wiley Gott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wiley Gott Cemetery
    • Plad Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plad Cemetery

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Celt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt
    • Celt is located in Dallas County
  • Leadmine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
    • Leadmine is located in Dallas County
  • Eldridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Tilden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
    • Tilden is located in Dallas County
  • Wood Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Hill
    • Wood Hill is located in Dallas County
  • Macks Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Decaturville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
    • Decaturville is located in Camden County
  • Roach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
    • Roach is located in Camden County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roach <4>
  • Long Lane
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
    • Long Lane is located in Dallas County
  • Louisburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
    • Louisburg is located in Dallas County
    • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
    • Sleeper is located in Laclede County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Almon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almon
      • Almon is located in Hickory County
    • Brush Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
      • Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
    • 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.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McPheters Ford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McPheters Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8220, Longitude: -92.8724       In this case, the coordinates for McPheters Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024