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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 Miami (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 Miami. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Miami is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette & Pettis.

Below are the counties that are near Miami. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Miami:

  • Saline County     (The home county of Miami)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miami, with the one closest to Miami listed first.
    • Fairville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Blosser ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Slater
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Malta Bend
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilliam
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Gilliam is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
    • Marshall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Grand Pass
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Salt Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Salt Springs is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
    • Little Osage Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Osage Village is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Osage Village
    • Mount Leonard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Saline City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Saline City is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
    • Blackburn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miami, with the one closest to Miami listed first.
    • De Witt
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • De Witt is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
    • Wakenda
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bosworth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Carrollton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bogard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Tina
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Tina is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
    • Hale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Palemon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Asper ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Asper is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
    • Norborne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Mandeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Miles Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Chariton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miami, with the one closest to Miami listed first.
    • Brunswick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand River City ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Grand River City is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
    • Missouri Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
    • Namrash ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Namrash is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
    • Triplett
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Snyder
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Dalton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Dalton is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
    • Keytesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mendon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Mendon is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Lewis Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Oil City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Oil City is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Chraneville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Chraneville is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
  • Cooper County
  • Howard County
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miami, with the one closest to Miami listed first.
    • Waverly
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Waverly is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
    • Hodge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Alma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Alma is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
    • Corder
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dover
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Emma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Concordia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Page City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Page City is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
  • Linn County
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miami, with the one closest to Miami listed first.
    • Avalon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bedford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Pettis County
  • Ray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miami, with the one closest to Miami listed first.
    • Lakeview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Lakeview is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Rockingham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Miami, see our County-by-County Page for Miami.

Cemeteries Near Miami ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Miami.

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 Miami - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Miami covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Miami, with the one closest to Miami listed first.

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 Miami had a population of 674 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Miami had a population of 170 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Miami, with the one closest to Miami listed first.

  • De Witt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • De Witt is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
  • Fairville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wakenda
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Brunswick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Blosser ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Stanhope
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Stanhope is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
  • Norton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Norton is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
  • Slater
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Malta Bend
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • New Frankfort
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • New Frankfort is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Frankfort
  • Bosworth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Standish
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Standish is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Namrash ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Namrash is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
    • Triplett
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Orearville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Orearville is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orearville

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Miami. See our List of 1890's Communities around Miami.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Miami ...

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 133 newspapers that have been published in the area around Miami.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Miami. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Miami and those printed in the larger area surrounding Miami.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Miami.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Miami:

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 Miami, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Miami) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.