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 Merriam Woods (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 Merriam Woods. 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.
Merriam Woods is located in Taney 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 Taney County: Boone (AR), Carroll (AR), Marion (AR), Christian, Douglas, Ozark & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Merriam Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Merriam Woods:
- Taney County (The home county of Merriam Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Walnut Shade
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Rockaway Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bull Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Forsyth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powersite
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Powersite is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Hollister
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hollister is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Kirbyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kissee Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Taneyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Taneyville is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Day
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Branson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Melva ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Melva is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Table Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Shell Knob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Arrow Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Scholten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Hill City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Jenkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Golden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Leann
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leann is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leann
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Saddlebrooke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saddlebrooke is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrooke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Saddlebrooke has also been known as:
- Saddlebrooke village
- Chestnutridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Green Mound Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Green Mound Ridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mound Ridge
- Spokane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chadwick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chadwick is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Highlandville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oldfield is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Sparta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ozark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Linden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Linden is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Velsor ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Velsor is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velsor
- Bruner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bruner is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Rome
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Red Bank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Smallett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smallett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallett
- Johns Mills ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
- Arden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Battlefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Sequiota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sequiota is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequiota
- Ozark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Longrun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Longrun is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longrun
- Ocie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ocie is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocie
- Thornfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Thornfield is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornfield
- Foil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Foil is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foil
- Theodosia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Theodosia is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theodosia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Summit City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Summit City is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Silver Dollar City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Indian Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Branson West
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Branson West is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Reeds Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ponce de Leon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
- Kimberling City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Coney Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- White City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Marmaros
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Galena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blue Eye
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cape Fair
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Rogersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Olga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olga is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Boone County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Omaha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lowry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Boone
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Boone is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Diamond City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Burlington is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Myrtle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Lead Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shaver is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- South Lead Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Lead Hill is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Ridgeway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Elixir ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elixir is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elixir
- Alpena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bergman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carroll County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Blue Eye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Denver
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Denver is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Oak Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Urbanette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Green Forest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Marion County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Monarch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monarch is located in Marion County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Peel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Merriam Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Merriam Woods.
Cemeteries Near Merriam Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merriam Woods.
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 Merriam Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Merriam Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Renshaw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Howard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Shade Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Snapp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forsyth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Casey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nash Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Branson City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ozarks Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gretna Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Vanzandt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edwards Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seaton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Merriam Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Merriam Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Merriam Woods, with the one closest to Merriam Woods listed first.
- Walnut Shade
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Forsyth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kissee Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Day
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Eaudevie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eaudevie is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaudevie
- Branson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Swan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Swan is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Mincy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mincy is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mincy
- Garrison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Ruth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ruth is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Cedar Valley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cedarcreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarcreek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcreek
- Bradleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bradleyville is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyville
- Ponce de Leon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Merriam Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Merriam Woods.
Newspapers Published in Merriam Woods ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Merriam Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merriam Woods, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Merriam Woods.
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 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 Merriam Woods:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Taney County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Christian County
- Douglas County
- Greene County
- Ozark County
- Stone County
- Webster County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Marion 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> | 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 Merriam Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Merriam Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |