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 Franklin (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 Franklin. 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 and doctors 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 Franklin is located in Howard 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 Howard County: Boone, Chariton, Cooper, Randolph & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near New Franklin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Franklin:
- Howard County (The home county of New Franklin)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fayette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Sebree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sebree is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
- Glasgow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Steinmetz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Steinmetz is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinmetz
- Burton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Armstrong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Armstrong is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Rocheport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Huntsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsdale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Harrisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McBaine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Hinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hinton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Moores Switch
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Riggs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Riggs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Stephens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Pierpont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Hallsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sturgeon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Lewis Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Oil City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Salisbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Keytesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Boonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Windsor Place village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Place village is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Place village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Windsor Place village has also been known as:
- Windsor Place village
- Lamine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lamine is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine
- Clarks Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Lone Elm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lone Elm is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Wooldridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Bellair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Pilot Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Bunceton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Harriston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harriston is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriston
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Lupus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Tipton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- California
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Morgan County
- Syracuse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pettis County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Longwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Tedieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tedieville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
- Smithton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smithton is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 570 people
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Yates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yates is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Higbee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clark is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Renick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Renick is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Clifton Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Arrow Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saline City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- West Glasgow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Glasgow is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glasgow
- Nelson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Napton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Napton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napton
- Gilliam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilliam is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Slater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Lick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Marshall Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
- Marshall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Herndon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Herndon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Fairville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Franklin, see our County-by-County Page for New Franklin.
Cemeteries Near New Franklin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Franklin.
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 Franklin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Franklin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Drake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Herndon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Schmidt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Watts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hourigan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ricketts Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Old Lamine Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- St. Martin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill MB Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
While we didn't find New Franklin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Franklin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Franklin, with the one closest to New Franklin listed first.
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Estill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Estill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estill
- Boonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boonesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lamine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lamine is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine
- Billingsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Billingsville is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsville
- Rocheport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fayette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clarks Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Overton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Overton is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Arrow Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Speed
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Speed is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Pilot Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bellair is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Franklin. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Franklin.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of New Franklin ...
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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Franklin.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of New Franklin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of New Franklin and those printed in the larger area surrounding New Franklin.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of New Franklin.
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 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 Franklin:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Howard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Chariton County
- Cooper County
- Moniteau County
- Morgan County
- Pettis County
- Randolph County
- Saline 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 Franklin, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Franklin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |