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 Orearville (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 Orearville. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Orearville is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette & Pettis.
Below are the counties that are near Orearville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orearville:
- Saline County (The home county of Orearville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- Slater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gilliam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilliam is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Saline City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Napton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Napton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napton
- Arrow Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Glasgow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Glasgow is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glasgow
- Blosser ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Blosser is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
- Nelson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Miami
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Lick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Boone County
- Rocheport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- De Witt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Wakenda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Bosworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Carrollton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Palemon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Lewis Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Grand River City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grand River City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
- Missouri Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
- Dalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Oil City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Brunswick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Keytesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Salisbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Triplett
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Chraneville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chraneville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
- Snyder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- Blackwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lamine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lamine is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine
- Boonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harriston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harriston is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriston
- Bellair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bellair is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Windsor Place village
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Clifton City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton City is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton City
- Clarks Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Bunceton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Elm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Glasgow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Steinmetz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Steinmetz is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinmetz
- Fayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Burton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Sebree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sebree is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
- Johnson County
- Dunksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunksburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunksburg
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Alma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Emma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Concordia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hodge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Corder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pettis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- Longwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Tedieville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tedieville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
- Houstonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonia is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Hughesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hughesville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Georgetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- Yates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Yates is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Clifton Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orearville, see our County-by-County Page for Orearville.
Cemeteries Near Orearville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orearville.
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 Orearville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orearville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Horeb Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Horeb Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Slater.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30331 <2>
- Hickman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pulliam - Hedges - Swisher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Slater City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rehoboth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Odell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sappington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilliam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Gardens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Gardens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Gardens Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Marshall.
- The Sunset Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144398 <2>
- Continue List (189 more) ...
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- All Saints Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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, Orearville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orearville, with the one closest to Orearville listed first.
- Slater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Norton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Gilliam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilliam is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Hardeman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hardeman is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardeman
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Napton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Napton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napton
- Cambridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Fairville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Arrow Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Frankfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Frankfort is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Frankfort
- Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Stanhope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stanhope is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Glasgow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Glasgow is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glasgow
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Blosser ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Blosser is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orearville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orearville.
Newspapers Published in Orearville ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orearville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orearville, 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 Orearville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Orearville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Chariton County
- Cooper County
- Howard County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Pettis County
- Randolph 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> | 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- Orearville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Orearville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |