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 New Bloomfield (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 New Bloomfield. 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.
New Bloomfield is located in Callaway 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 Callaway County: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near New Bloomfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Bloomfield:
- Callaway County (The home county of New Bloomfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- Lake Mykee Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- Folsom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Holts Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hord ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Tebbetts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Cedar City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Mokane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Steedman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Lindbergh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Stephens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stephens is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Kingdom City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oldham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Hartsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pierpont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Switch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- McBaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Stephens
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Huntsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsdale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hinton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Hallsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- Jefferson City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Osage City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Taos
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Saint Martins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Scruggs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Wardsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Centertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lohman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Thomas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Decatur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Hickory Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- Wooldridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Prairie Home
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Pisgah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- Morrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gasconade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- Lupus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Jamestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- McGirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- California
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- Bluffton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Americus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Starkenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Rhineland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- Bonnots Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Loose Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chamois
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Westphalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Folk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Linn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Koeltztown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Meta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Argyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Freeburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Bloomfield, see our County-by-County Page for New Bloomfield.
Cemeteries Near New Bloomfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Bloomfield.
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 New Bloomfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Bloomfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- King Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Bloomfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Perry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Foster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Providence Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sheley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cason Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Caldwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Boyce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cave Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 New Bloomfield had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, New Bloomfield had a population of 679 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Bloomfield, with the one closest to New Bloomfield listed first.
- Guthrie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Guthrie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Folsom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Holts Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carrington is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrington
- Hord ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Cedar City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Effie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Effie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
- Hams Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hams Prairie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Prairie
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Claysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Claysville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Jefferson City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Osage City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bonnots Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Bloomfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Bloomfield.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of New Bloomfield ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Bloomfield.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of New Bloomfield. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of New Bloomfield and those printed in the larger area surrounding New Bloomfield.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of New Bloomfield.
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 New Bloomfield:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Callaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cole County
- Cooper County
- Gasconade County
- Moniteau County
- Montgomery County
- Osage 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> | 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 New Bloomfield, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Bloomfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |