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 Oskaloosa (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 Oskaloosa. 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.
Oskaloosa is located in Barton 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 Barton County: Crawford (KS), Cedar, Dade, Jasper & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Oskaloosa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oskaloosa:
- Barton County (The home county of Oskaloosa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oskaloosa, with the one closest to Oskaloosa listed first.
- Burgess
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burgess is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Liberal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mindenmines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Irwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Oakton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Nashville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Lamar Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Kenoma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Bushnell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Newport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Layneville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Cedar County
- Virgil City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Virgil City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oskaloosa, with the one closest to Oskaloosa listed first.
- Opolis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Medoc
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Asbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Neck City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Waco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Purcell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Alba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Carytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oskaloosa, with the one closest to Oskaloosa listed first.
- Bronaugh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Moundville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Sheldon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Milo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Richards
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Nevada
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Temple ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Temple is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Bellamy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Stotesbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Metz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Metz is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Horton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Walker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Bourbon County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oskaloosa, with the one closest to Oskaloosa listed first.
- Garland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Godfrey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Edward
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Pawnee Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Fort Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Hollister
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Ronald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Hiattville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Marmaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Redfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Hammond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Devon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oskaloosa, with the one closest to Oskaloosa listed first.
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Scammon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Roseland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Stone City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stone City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Carona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- East Mineral ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Mineral is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mineral
- Mackie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mackie is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
- Mayer ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mayer is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayer
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oskaloosa, with the one closest to Oskaloosa listed first.
- Arcadia
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Gross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Mulberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dry Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Englevale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Curranville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Arma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arma is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <1>
- Cato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cato is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Fox Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Edison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edison is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Linn County (KS)
- Prescott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Neosho County (KS)
- Stark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stark is located in Neosho County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oskaloosa, see our County-by-County Page for Oskaloosa.
Cemeteries Near Oskaloosa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oskaloosa.
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 Oskaloosa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oskaloosa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oskaloosa, with the one closest to Oskaloosa listed first.
- Leroy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Arcadia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Sheffield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McKill Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heavisides Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Endicott - Spence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Smilie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosebank Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank Cemetery
- The Rosebank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mulberry Cemetery
- Rose Bank Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93543 <2>
- Worsley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Tweedy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fowler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Oskaloosa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oskaloosa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oskaloosa, with the one closest to Oskaloosa listed first.
- Arcadia
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Mulberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hannon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hannon is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannon
- Garland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Liberal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Dry Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Englevale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Bronaugh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Arma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arma is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <1>
- Verdella
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Verdella is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdella
- Cato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cato is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Godfrey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Yale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Mindenmines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oskaloosa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oskaloosa.
Newspapers Published in Oskaloosa ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oskaloosa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oskaloosa, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oskaloosa.
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 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 Oskaloosa:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Barton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Jasper County
- Vernon County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Linn County
- Neosho 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> | 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 Oskaloosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Oskaloosa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |