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 Parnell (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 Parnell. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Parnell is located in Nodaway 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 Nodaway County: Page (IA), Taylor (IA), Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt & Worth.
Below are the counties that are near Parnell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parnell:
- Nodaway County (The home county of Parnell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Gaynor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
- Orrsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Ravenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Pickering
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pickering is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Hopkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Conception
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Maryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arkoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Guilford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clearmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Bolckow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Rea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rosendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- DeKalb County
- Winslow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Alanthus Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Gentry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gentry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Stanberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Siloam Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Siloam Springs is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Springs
- Lone Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Island City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Ford City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Gentryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- King City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McFall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Hatfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Martinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- New Hampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Hampton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Holt County
- Maitland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Worth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Oxford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Sheridan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Worth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Grant City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Prohibition City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Irena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Irena is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Denver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Denver is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Allendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Page County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Braddyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shambaugh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Hawleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- College Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- College Springs is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Clarinda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ringgold County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Redding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redding is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Maloy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Maloy is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maloy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Delphos
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delphos is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Mount Ayr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Diagonal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knowlton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knowlton is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
- Taylor County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Athelstan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Blockton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blockton is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Siam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Siam is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Conway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Conway is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Gravity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Ladoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- New Market
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Market is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Sharpsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Clearfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lenox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Guss
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guss is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parnell, see our County-by-County Page for Parnell.
Cemeteries Near Parnell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parnell.
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 Parnell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parnell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Parnell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McLaughlin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brethren Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oxford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grantham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Dolors Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Cemetery
- The Sheridan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sheridan VanSkyock Cemetery
- Old Sheridan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Enyart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Long Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luteston 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 Parnell had a population of 267 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Parnell had a population of 168 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Oxford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Sheridan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gaynor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
- Orrsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Ravenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Enyart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enyart is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enyart
- Allison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allison is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Isadora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Isadora is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isadora
- Alanthus Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Grant City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pickering
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pickering is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Bedison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bedison is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedison
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clyde
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Hopkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conception
(13 miles [20.9 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 Parnell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parnell.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Parnell ...
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 148 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parnell.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Parnell. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Parnell and those printed in the larger area surrounding Parnell.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Parnell.
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 Parnell:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Nodaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Harrison County
- Holt County
- Worth County
- Page County
- Ringgold County
- Taylor 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 Parnell, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parnell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |