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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 Oscar (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 Oscar. 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.

Oscar 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 Oscar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oscar:

  • Texas County     (The home county of Oscar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Raymondville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Licking
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mineral Springs City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
    • Yukon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Yukon is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • Houston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Eunice
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bucyrus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sherrill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Sherrill is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
    • Hazelton ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Hazelton is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
    • Hartshorn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Solo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Solo is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
    • Success
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Coulstone
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Coulstone is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
    • Jadwin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jadwin is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
    • Darien
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Darien is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
    • Lenox
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Lenox is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Jack
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jack is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
    • Doss
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Doss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
    • Salem
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lecoma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Lecoma is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
    • Lake Spring
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lake Spring is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
    • Howes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Howes is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
    • Gila
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Gila is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
  • Howell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Sterling ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Sterling is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
    • Mountain View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Willow Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Laclede County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Lynchburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Winnipeg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Beulah
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Beulah is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Duke
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Duke is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
    • Edgar Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Pulaski County
    • Bloodland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
  • Shannon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Akers
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Akers is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
    • Round Spring
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
    • Alley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Alley is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Astoria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Astoria is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
    • Graff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Graff is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
    • Green Mountain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Green Mountain is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
    • Mountain Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Oscar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oscar.

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

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

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

  • Mahan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Presser Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Allen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Vancleve Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Paterson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • White Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pine Lawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ray Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sliger Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (180 more) ...
    • Crane Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • County Farm Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Smith Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Oscar had a population of 463 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Raymondville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Licking
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Montauk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Montauk is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montauk
  • Coulstone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Coulstone is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
  • Houston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Nile
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Nile is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nile
  • Venable
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Venable is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venable
  • Samoa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Samoa is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoa
  • Eunice
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Joy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Joy is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Ellis Prairie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ellis Prairie is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Prairie
  • Sherrill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Sherrill is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Big Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Big Creek is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
    • Cedargrove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
    • Maples
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Maples is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples

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

Newspapers Published in Oscar ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oscar.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oscar, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oscar.

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 Oscar:

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 Oscar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oscar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.