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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 Monteith Junction (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 Monteith Junction. 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.

Name Variations for Monteith Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Monteith Junction: Monteith Jct. (or less commonly used: Monteith Jctn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Monteith Junction is located in Bates 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 Bates County: Linn (KS), Miami (KS), Cass, Henry, Saint Clair & Vernon.

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

  • Bates County     (The home county of Monteith Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteith Junction, with the one closest to Monteith Junction listed first.
    • Butler
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Nyhart
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Nyhart is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyhart
    • Passaic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Passaic is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • New Home
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • New Home is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
    • Rich Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Foster
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Foster is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
    • Adrian
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Amoret
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Amoret is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
    • Worland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Worland is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
    • Prairie City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Prairie City is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Hume
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hume is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Amsterdam
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteith Junction, with the one closest to Monteith Junction listed first.
    • Archie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Austin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Austin is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Main City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Main City is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
    • Garden City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Creighton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Freeman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Harrisonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Cedar County
    • El Dorado Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteith Junction, with the one closest to Monteith Junction listed first.
    • Montrose
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Urich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • La Due
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • La Due is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Due
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 28 people
    • Hartwell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hartwell is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
  • Saint Clair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteith Junction, with the one closest to Monteith Junction listed first.
    • Appleton City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Johnson City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Johnson City is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
  • Vernon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteith Junction, with the one closest to Monteith Junction listed first.
    • Metz
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Metz is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
    • Horton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Horton is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
    • Schell City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Stotesbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Stotesbury is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
    • Harwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Harwood is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
    • Temple ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Temple is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
    • Walker
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Walker is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Richards
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Richards is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Nevada
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Deerfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Deerfield is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
  • Bourbon County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteith Junction, with the one closest to Monteith Junction listed first.
    • Barnesville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Barnesville is located in Bourbon County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
    • Fulton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Fulton is located in Bourbon County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <1>
    • Hammond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hammond is located in Bourbon County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
  • Linn County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteith Junction, with the one closest to Monteith Junction listed first.
    • Pleasanton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Boicourt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Boicourt is located in Linn County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
    • Prescott
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Prescott is located in Linn County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
    • Linn Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Linn Valley is located in Linn County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
    • La Cygne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Mound City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cadmus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Cadmus is located in Linn County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
    • Critzer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Critzer is located in Linn County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
  • Miami County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monteith Junction, with the one closest to Monteith Junction listed first.
    • Jingo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jingo is located in Miami County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
    • New Lancaster
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • New Lancaster is located in Miami County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
    • Fontana
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fontana is located in Miami County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people

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

Cemeteries Near Monteith Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monteith Junction.

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 Monteith Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Morris Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Glass Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Park Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Virginia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Woofin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Elizabeth Chapel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (198 more) ...
    • Howell Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Smith Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • White Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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 Monteith Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Monteith Junction.

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

  • Cornland ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cornland is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornland
  • Athol
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Athol is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
  • Nyhart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Nyhart is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyhart
  • Butler
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • New Home
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • New Home is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
  • Passaic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Passaic is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
  • Virginia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Virginia is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
  • Foster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Foster is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
  • Rich Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rucker
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rucker is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
  • Sprague
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sprague is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
  • Pleasant Gap
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Gap is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Carbon Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Carbon Center is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
    • Mulberry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mulberry is located in Bates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
    • Adrian
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Monteith Junction ...

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 157 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monteith Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monteith Junction, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monteith Junction.

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 Monteith Junction:

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 Monteith Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monteith Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.