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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 Nashville (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 Nashville. 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 hospitals 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.

Nashville is located in Barton 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 Barton County: Crawford (KS), Cedar, Dade, Jasper & Vernon.

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

  • Barton County     (The home county of Nashville)
  • Dade County
    • Lockwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lockwood is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Medoc
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Opolis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Neck City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Neck City is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
    • Purcell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Asbury
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jasper
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Alba
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Alba is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
    • Waco
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Waco is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Carytown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Carytown is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Oronogo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Carl Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Brooklyn Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
  • Lawrence County
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Dennis Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Grand Falls Plaza
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Leawood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Leawood is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Shoal Creek Drive
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Silver Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Silver Creek is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
      • Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
    • Cliff Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cliff Village is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Redings Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Redings Mill is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Saginaw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Saginaw is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Shoal Creek Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Spring City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Spring City is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
    • Diamond
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Loma Linda
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Loma Linda is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
  • Vernon County
  • Bourbon County (KS)
  • Cherokee County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Lawton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Barrett ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Barrett is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
    • Badger
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Coal Valley ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
    • Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
    • Weir
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Weir is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Crestline
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Scammon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Skidmore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Skidmore is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
    • Roseland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Roseland is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Empire City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
    • Carona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Crawford County (KS)
  • Ottawa County (OK)

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

Cemeteries Near Nashville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nashville.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Medoc
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Opolis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Galesburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Galesburg is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
  • Mindenmines
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Esrom
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Esrom is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esrom
  • Cornell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Midway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway is located in Crawford County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Waco
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Waco is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Alba
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Alba is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
  • Jasper
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Boston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Boston is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Iantha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Iantha is located in Barton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iantha
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Yale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oronogo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Liberal
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Liberal is located in Barton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people

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

Newspapers Published in Nashville ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nashville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nashville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nashville.

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 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 Nashville:

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 Nashville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Nashville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.