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 Mokane (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 Mokane. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Mokane is located in Callaway 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 Callaway County: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Mokane. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mokane:
- Callaway County (The home county of Mokane)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Steedman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Hord ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Tebbetts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Portland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Mykee Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- New Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holts Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Folsom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Cedar City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Kingdom City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oldham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Hartsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pierpont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Osage City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Taos
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Jefferson City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Wardsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Scruggs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Saint Martins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Saint Thomas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Lohman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Centertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Teal ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Kohl City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kohl City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohl City
- Berger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beemont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beemont is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beemont
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Morrison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gasconade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Mount Sterling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Hermann
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Little Berger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Little Berger is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Berger
- Bland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Owensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Belle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Paydown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Bluffton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Starkenburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Americus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Rhineland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McKittrick
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Big Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Danville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Florence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- High Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Chamois
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bonnots Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Loose Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Linn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Westphalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Folk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Koenig
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Byron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Freeburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Koeltztown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mokane, see our County-by-County Page for Mokane.
Cemeteries Near Mokane ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mokane.
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 Mokane - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mokane covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Middle River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- South Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Weislocker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Steedman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shobe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bode Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stoner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Our Lady of Help Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (314 more) ...
- Hughes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Hill 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.<3>
While we didn't find Mokane in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mokane.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mokane, with the one closest to Mokane listed first.
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Hord ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Effie ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Effie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
- Chamois
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cote Sans Dessein ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cote Sans Dessein is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cote Sans Dessein
- Cote Sans Dessein has also been known as:
- Parkersville
- Frankenstein
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frankenstein is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenstein
- Hams Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hams Prairie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Prairie
- Bonnots Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Luystown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Luystown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luystown
- Portland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Reform
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reform is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Mint Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mint Hill is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Aud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aud is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aud
- Toledo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Toledo is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Osage City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mokane. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mokane.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mokane ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mokane.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mokane. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mokane and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mokane.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Mokane.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Mokane:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Callaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cole County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Maries County
- Montgomery County
- Osage 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 Mokane, 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- Mokane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |