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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 Odin (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 Odin. 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 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.

Odin is located in Wright 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 Wright County: Douglas, Laclede, Texas & Webster.

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

  • Wright County     (The home county of Odin)
  • Christian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odin, with the one closest to Odin listed first.
    • Elkhead
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bruner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bruner is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
    • Velsor ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oldfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Oldfield is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
    • Pembina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odin, with the one closest to Odin listed first.
    • Charity ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Lane
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odin, with the one closest to Odin listed first.
    • Olathia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Ava
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Johns Mills ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
    • Arden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Bank
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Vanzant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Vanzant is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanzant
    • Squires
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Squires is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
    • Drury
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Drury is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
    • Smallett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Rome
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Buckhart
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odin, with the one closest to Odin listed first.
    • Strafford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Fair Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Turners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Turners is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turners
  • Laclede County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odin, with the one closest to Odin listed first.
    • Pease
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Twin Bridges
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
    • Competition
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Evergreen is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
      • Evergreen has also been known as:
      • Evergreen village
    • Conway
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Phillipsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynchburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Brush Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Oakland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Falcon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lebanon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Winnipeg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Abo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Texas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odin, with the one closest to Odin listed first.
    • Bendavis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bendavis is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis
    • Huggins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Dunn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Plato
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cabool
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Odin, with the one closest to Odin listed first.
    • Seymour
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Niangua
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Niangua is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
    • Rader
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Diggins
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Diggins is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
    • Sarvis Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Crown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Fordland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Olga
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Northview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Conklin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Elkland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Elkland is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
    • Rogersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Odin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Odin.

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

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

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

  • Boyer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Binkley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Matlock Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pea Ridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Peters Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Claxton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sixteenth Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Petet Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Krause Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (276 more) ...
    • Newton Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cemetery #5
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Berry Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Odin had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Boyer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Boyer is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
  • Duncan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Duncan is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
  • Antrim
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Antrim is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
  • Umpire
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Umpire is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
  • Hartville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Fuson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fuson is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuson
  • Grovespring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bracken
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bracken is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
  • Seymour
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Gap
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Gap is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Gap
  • Mansfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint George
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Macomb
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Diggins
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Diggins is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
    • Rader
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Odin ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Odin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Odin, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Odin.

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 Odin:

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>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- Odin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Odin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.