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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 Nagle (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 Nagle. 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.

Nagle is located in Texas 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 Texas County: Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon & Wright.

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

  • Texas County     (The home county of Nagle)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nagle, with the one closest to Nagle listed first.
    • Eunice
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hattie
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hattie is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
    • Yukon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Yukon is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • Summersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Solo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Solo is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
    • Elk Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Elk Creek is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
    • Hartshorn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Raymondville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Simmons
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Simmons is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
    • Sargent
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sargent is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
    • Houston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mineral Springs City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
    • Cabool
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nagle, with the one closest to Nagle listed first.
    • Coulstone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Coulstone is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
    • Jadwin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jadwin is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
    • Darien
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Darien is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
    • Jack
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jack is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
  • Douglas County
    • Vanzant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Vanzant is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
  • Howell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nagle, with the one closest to Nagle listed first.
    • Mountain View
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sterling ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sterling is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
    • Willow Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Burnham is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
    • Peace Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Peace Valley is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley
    • Pomona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Pomona is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
    • Siloam Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Siloam Springs is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Springs
    • West Plains
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Oregon County
    • Thomasville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Thomasville is located in Oregon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Shannon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nagle, with the one closest to Nagle listed first.
    • Montier
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Montier is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
    • Alley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Alley is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
    • Akers
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Akers is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
    • Birch Tree
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Spring
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
    • Eminence
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Winona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nagle, with the one closest to Nagle listed first.
    • Mountain Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Graff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Graff is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
    • Astoria
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Astoria is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
    • Green Mountain
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Green Mountain is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain

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

Cemeteries Near Nagle ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nagle.

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

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

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

  • Big Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • New Home Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Harlow Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cold Spring Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Summersville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Riley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Newsalem Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsalem Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Newsalem Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Mountain View.
    • The Newsalem Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Salem Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30500 <3>
  • New Salem Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Allen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Gill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Oakside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (137 more) ...
    • Pickett Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Grace Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Nagle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nagle.

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

  • Clear Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clear Springs is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
  • Big Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Big Creek is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
  • Tyrone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyrone is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
  • Hattie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hattie is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
  • Eunice
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Summersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Varvol
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Varvol is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varvol
  • Samoa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Samoa is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoa
  • Elk Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Elk Creek is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
  • Oakside
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakside is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakside
  • Hartshorn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
  • Raymondville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sargent
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sargent is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
    • Sterling ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sterling is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
    • Mountain View
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Nagle ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nagle.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nagle, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nagle.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Nagle:

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>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- Nagle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Nagle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.