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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 Oldham (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 Oldham. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Oldham is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Audrain, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau & Randolph.

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

  • Boone County     (The home county of Oldham)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldham, with the one closest to Oldham listed first.
    • Ashland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hartsburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pierpont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Pierpont is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • McBaine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • McBaine is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
    • Columbia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Moores Switch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Huntsdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Huntsdale is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Stephens
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Rocheport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Hallsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Harrisburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Callaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldham, with the one closest to Oldham listed first.
    • Folsom
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • New Bloomfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Holts Summit
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Mykee Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
      • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
    • Cedar City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Lindbergh
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tebbetts
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
    • Stephens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fulton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mokane
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Kingdom City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldham, with the one closest to Oldham listed first.
    • Saint Martins
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Saint Martins is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
    • Scruggs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jefferson City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Centertown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lohman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Wardsville
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • Osage City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Osage City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
    • Russellville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Taos
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Taos is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
    • Decatur
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Cooper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldham, with the one closest to Oldham listed first.
    • Wooldridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Prairie Home
      (18 miles [29 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
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Clarks Fork
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Elm
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Windsor Place village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Bunceton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Petersburg is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Boonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Howard County
  • Miller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldham, with the one closest to Oldham listed first.
    • Olean
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Etterville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Etterville is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etterville
    • Pleasant Mount
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Marys Home
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Moniteau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldham, with the one closest to Oldham listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lupus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lupus is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • McGirk
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • McGirk is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
    • California
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarksburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • High Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Latham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Latham is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Tipton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Fortuna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Fortuna is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna
  • Morgan County
  • Osage County

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

Cemeteries Near Oldham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oldham.

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

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

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

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>

While we didn't find Oldham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oldham.

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

  • Ashland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Claysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Claysville is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Burlington ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Burlington is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
  • Folsom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Wilton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wilton is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
  • Marion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Elston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Elston is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
  • Holts Summit
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • New Bloomfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Guthrie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Guthrie is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
  • Deer Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Deer Park is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Cedar City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Providence
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Providence is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Bacon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bacon is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
    • Centertown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Oldham ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oldham.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oldham, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oldham.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Oldham:

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 Oldham, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oldham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.