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 Boston (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 Boston. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
New Boston is located in Linn 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 Linn County: Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Livingston, Macon & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near New Boston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Boston:
- Linn County (The home county of New Boston)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Bucklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Marceline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brookfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Purdin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Browning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Linneus
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Laclede
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forker
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Forker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forker
- Haseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Meadville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Fountain Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Nind ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Millard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Danforth is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
- Novinger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Kirksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bullion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Gibbs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Brashear
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brashear is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Rothville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rothville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Mendon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mendon is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Sumner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chraneville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chraneville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
- Grundy County
- Galt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston County
- Wheeling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Goldsberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Ethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- South Gifford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Elmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Lingo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- New Cambria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Callao
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Love Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Atlanta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Atlanta is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Bevier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Winigan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Sticklerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Owasco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Owasco is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Greencastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Green City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Milan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boynton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boynton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Humphreys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Pennville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Pollock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pollock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Boston, see our County-by-County Page for New Boston.
Cemeteries Near New Boston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Boston.
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 Boston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Boston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baugher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Price Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wyant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Worley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McCollum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pickerel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tallman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Pulliam Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Boston had a population of 112 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Boston, with the one closest to New Boston listed first.
- Goldsberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Sedgwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sedgwick is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgwick
- Hybrid ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hybrid is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hybrid
- Winigan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Ethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Hart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- North Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Salem is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
- Shelby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shelby is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Nind ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Loeffler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Loeffler is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loeffler
- Leverton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leverton is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bucklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Elmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Saint Catharine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Catharine is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catharine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Boston. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Boston.
Newspapers Published in New Boston ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Boston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Boston, 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 New Boston.
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 websites either 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 Boston:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Linn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Chariton County
- Grundy County
- Livingston County
- Macon County
- Sullivan 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 Boston, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Boston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |