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 Nile (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 Nile. 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.
Nile 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 Nile. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nile:
- Texas County (The home county of Nile)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nile, with the one closest to Nile listed first.
- Hartshorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Raymondville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eunice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yukon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yukon is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Summersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Licking
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Springs City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Houston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Solo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Solo is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Sherrill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Hattie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hattie is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
- Bucyrus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elk Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Creek is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nile, with the one closest to Nile listed first.
- Jadwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Darien
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Coulstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Jack
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jack is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Doss
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
- Gila
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gila is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
- Lenox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bunker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Howes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Howes is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Lecoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Lake Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Howell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nile, with the one closest to Nile listed first.
- Mountain View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Howell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Willow Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nile, with the one closest to Nile listed first.
- Beulah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Edgar Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Duke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Reynolds County
- Greeley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greeley is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
- Shannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nile, with the one closest to Nile listed first.
- Akers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Akers is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
- Round Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Alley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alley is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
- Eminence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birch Tree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Montier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Montier is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
- Winona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nile, see our County-by-County Page for Nile.
Cemeteries Near Nile ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nile.
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 Nile - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nile covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nile, with the one closest to Nile listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Akers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Akers Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Akers.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1995307 <2>
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rector Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Presser Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mahan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pickett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paterson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Halbrook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (180 more) ...
- Weese Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wallace Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Big Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Nile had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nile, with the one closest to Nile listed first.
- Cedargrove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
- Montauk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Montauk is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montauk
- Hartshorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Akers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Akers is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
- Oscar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oscar is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Raymondville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eunice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Joy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Joy is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Jadwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Darien
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Summersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Coulstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ink
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ink is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ink
- Big Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Creek is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Samoa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Samoa is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nile. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nile.
Newspapers Published in Nile ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nile.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nile, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nile.
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 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 Nile:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Texas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dent County
- Howell County
- Phelps County
- Reynolds County
- Shannon 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> | 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 Nile, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |