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 Paris Springs (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 Paris Springs. 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.
Name Variations for Paris Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Paris Springs: Paris Spgs. (or less commonly used: Paris Spngs. or Paris Sprngs.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors 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.
Paris Springs is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Barry, Christian, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Newton & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Paris Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paris Springs:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Paris Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Halltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Heatonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Miller
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Marionville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Round Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stotts City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Freistatt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Verona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Red Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Scholten
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Tom Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tom Town is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Monett
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leann
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leann is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leann
- Jenkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Purdy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Star City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Golden City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Layneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Cedar County
- Umber View Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Billings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Republic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clever
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nixa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nixa is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
- Former name for Nixa:
- Faught
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <1>
- Cassidy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Fremont Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
- Highlandville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spokane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Everton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- South Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Greenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dadeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Corry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Lockwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Glen Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Bona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Arcola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Ash Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bois D'Arc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brookline Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Brookline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Walnut Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Battlefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Langston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Sequiota
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sequiota is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequiota
- Mumford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
- Turners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Turners is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turners
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- La Russell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- La Russell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Avilla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Maple Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Sarcoxie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Reeds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Forest Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Motley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Motley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Talmage City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Wentworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Graydon Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Eudora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Morrisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wishart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Aldrich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aldrich is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Brighton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Play
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Goodnight
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodnight is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Estimated population in 2019: 18 people
- Goodnight has also been known as:
- Goodnight village
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Bradfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- Union City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Crane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hurley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oto is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- White City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ponce de Leon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
- McCord Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McCord Bend is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Galena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paris Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Paris Springs.
Cemeteries Near Paris Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paris Springs.
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 Paris Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paris Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Hitchcock Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Misemer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pritchett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchett Cemetery
- The Pritchett Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cantrell Cemetery
- Clayton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30995 <2>
- Wann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dunkle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Batson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lumbleys Grave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumbleys Grave
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lumbleys Grave is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Miller.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159064 <2>
- Richardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ruckman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ozark Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark Prairie Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ozark Prairie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Heatonville
- The Ozark Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brick Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141240 <2>
- Continue List (293 more) ...
- Summit Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Summit Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Mount Vernon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #201216 <2>
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Campground Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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, Paris Springs had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paris Springs, with the one closest to Paris Springs listed first.
- Spencer
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spencer is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Halltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceburg
- Chesapeake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chesapeake is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
- Ash Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Emmett ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Emmett is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Turnback ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turnback is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnback
- Miller
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yeakley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yeakley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeakley
- Bois D'Arc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Everton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Billings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Republic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paris Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paris Springs.
Newspapers Published in Paris Springs ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paris Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paris Springs, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paris Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Paris Springs:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Cedar County
- Christian County
- Dade County
- Greene County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Polk County
- Stone 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Paris Springs) 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 Paris Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |