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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 Montauk (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 Montauk. 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.

Montauk is located in Dent 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 Dent County: Crawford, Iron, Phelps, Reynolds, Shannon & Texas.

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

  • Dent County     (The home county of Montauk)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montauk, with the one closest to Montauk listed first.
    • Coulstone
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Coulstone is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
    • Darien
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Darien is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
    • Jadwin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jadwin is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
    • Jack
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jack is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
    • Lenox
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Lenox is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Doss
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Doss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
    • Salem
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Howes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Howes is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
    • Gila
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Gila is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
    • Lecoma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lecoma is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
    • Lake Spring
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lake Spring is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
    • Bunker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Crawford County
    • Cook Station
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cook Station is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montauk, with the one closest to Montauk listed first.
    • Beulah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Beulah is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Edgar Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Duke
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Duke is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
  • Pulaski County
    • Bloodland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
  • Reynolds County
    • Greeley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Greeley is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
  • Shannon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montauk, with the one closest to Montauk listed first.
    • Akers
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Akers is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
    • Round Spring
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
    • Alley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Alley is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
    • Eminence
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Texas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montauk, with the one closest to Montauk listed first.
    • Licking
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Raymondville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartshorn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Sherrill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Sherrill is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
    • Eunice
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Yukon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Yukon is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • Mineral Springs City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
    • Houston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Summersville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hazelton ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Hazelton is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
    • Bucyrus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Solo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Solo is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo

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

Cemeteries Near Montauk ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montauk.

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

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

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

  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Paterson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Presser Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • White Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mahan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Berry Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Campbell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cage - Lane Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (187 more) ...
    • Robnett Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • White Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kissock Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Montauk had a population of 35 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Joy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Joy is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Cedargrove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
  • Nile
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Nile is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nile
  • Coulstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Coulstone is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
  • Oscar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Oscar is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
  • Jadwin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jadwin is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
  • Darien
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Darien is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
  • Akers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Akers is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Licking
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Raymondville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Maples
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Maples is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
  • Custer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Custer is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hartshorn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Hedrick ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Hedrick is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
    • Gladden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Gladden is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladden

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

Newspapers Published in Montauk ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montauk.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Montauk, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Montauk.

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 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 Montauk:

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