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 Oregon (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 Oregon. 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 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.
Oregon is located in Holt County and is the County Seat.
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 Holt County: Doniphan (KS), Andrew, Atchison, Nodaway, Nemaha (NE) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Oregon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oregon:
- Holt County (The home county of Oregon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Forest City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Forbes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Fortescue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Bigelow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Mound City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Maitland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Craig
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Corning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corning is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Fillmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Nodaway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Amazonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rosendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Bolckow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Rea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Country Club
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Cosby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Atchison County
- Fairfax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Matney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Rushville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- De Kalb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Willow Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- DeKalb County
- Union Star
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Graham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Skidmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barnard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Arkoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Quitman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Maryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conception Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Conception
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atchison County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Huron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Atchison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Brown County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Robinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Hiawatha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Padonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Padonia is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Reserve
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Reserve is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Everest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Hamlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Baker ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Horton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morrill is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Powhattan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Sun Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sun Springs is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Iowa Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- White Cloud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White Cloud is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Sparks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Fanning
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Moray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Blair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Bendena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Severance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Leona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Brenner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Nemaha County (NE)
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Deroin is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Deroin
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Rulo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
- Preston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Arago ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arago is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Falls City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Straussville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Straussville is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straussville
- Barada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barada is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oregon, see our County-by-County Page for Oregon.
Cemeteries Near Oregon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oregon.
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 Oregon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oregon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- The Maple Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oregon Cemetery
- Forest City Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brodback Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nichols Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roderick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nodaway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cowan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McGuire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Boyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Martin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oregon had a population of 948 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Oregon had a population of 735 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oregon, with the one closest to Oregon listed first.
- Forest City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Curzon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Curzon is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curzon
- New Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Iowa Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Forbes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Napier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Napier is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- White Cloud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White Cloud is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Sparks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Fillmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fanning
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Nodaway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fortescue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Mound City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bigelow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oregon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oregon.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Oregon ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oregon.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Oregon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Oregon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Oregon.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Oregon.
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 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 Oregon:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Holt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Buchanan County
- DeKalb County
- Nodaway County
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Nemaha County
- Richardson 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 Oregon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oregon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |