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 Monastery (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 Monastery. 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 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.
Monastery is located in Nodaway 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 Nodaway County: Page (IA), Taylor (IA), Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt & Worth.
Below are the counties that are near Monastery. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monastery:
- Nodaway County (The home county of Monastery)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- Conception
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Guilford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arkoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Ravenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Maryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orrsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Parnell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pickering
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pickering is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Graham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Gaynor
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- Bolckow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Rea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rosendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Fillmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Savannah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Helena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Amazonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Cosby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Nodaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Country Club
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- Union Star
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Winslow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Fairport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Amity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Clarksdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Maysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- Stanberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Island City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Alanthus Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Ford City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- King City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Gentry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gentry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gentryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Lone Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Siloam Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam Springs is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Springs
- McFall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- New Hampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Hampton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Martinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- Maitland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- New Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Oregon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forbes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Forest City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Worth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Worth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Sheridan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Prohibition City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Denver
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Denver is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Grant City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Irena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Irena is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Allendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Page County (IA)
- Braddyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- Athelstan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Siam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Siam is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Blockton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blockton is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Bedford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monastery, see our County-by-County Page for Monastery.
Cemeteries Near Monastery ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monastery.
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 Monastery - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monastery covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- St. Columba Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weathermon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Groves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alumbaugh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Platte Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meekers Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bolckow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bolckow Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bolckow.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #240131 <2>
- Cooper Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- High Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Monroe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Litchfield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mize II Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Monastery in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Monastery.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monastery, with the one closest to Monastery listed first.
- Conception
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Guilford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Bedison
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bedison is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedison
- Barnard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arkoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Cawood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cawood is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Bolckow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Island City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Stanberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ravenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Empire Prairie ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Empire Prairie is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Prairie
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Douglas is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Alanthus Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Rea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monastery. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monastery.
Newspapers Published in Monastery ...
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 173 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monastery.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monastery, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monastery.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Monastery:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Nodaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Harrison County
- Holt County
- Worth County
- Page County
- Taylor 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 Monastery, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Monastery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |