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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 Parshley (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 Parshley. 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.

Parshley is located in Jasper 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 Jasper County: Cherokee (KS), Crawford (KS), Barton, Dade, Lawrence & Newton.

Below are the counties that are near Parshley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parshley:

  • Jasper County     (The home county of Parshley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parshley, with the one closest to Parshley listed first.
    • Motley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fidelity
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Reeds
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Reeds is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Sarcoxie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Forest Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Carthage
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Duenweg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Avilla
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • La Russell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooklyn Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
    • Prosperity
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Duquesne
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Duquesne is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
    • Carterville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Barry County
  • Barton County
  • Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parshley, with the one closest to Parshley listed first.
    • Lockwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lockwood is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
    • South Greenfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • South Greenfield is located in Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Lawrence County
  • McDonald County
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parshley, with the one closest to Parshley listed first.
    • Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Park is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
    • Diamond
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Granby City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Granby City is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
    • Ritchey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Ritchey is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Talmage City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Talmage City is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
    • Granby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Wentworth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wentworth is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
    • Silver Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Silver Creek is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
      • Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
    • Saginaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Saginaw is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Newtonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Dennis Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Leawood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Leawood is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Shoal Creek Estates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Cherokee County (KS)
  • Crawford County (KS)
  • Ottawa County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parshley, with the one closest to Parshley listed first.
    • Peoria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Lincolnville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Hockerville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Parshley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parshley.

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

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

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

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, Parshley had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Fidelity
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Reeds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Reeds is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Knights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Knights is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
  • Sarcoxie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Diamond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Park is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
  • Carthage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Scotland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Scotland is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
  • Ritchey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ritchey is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
  • Talmage City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Talmage City is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
  • Granby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Wentworth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wentworth is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Parshley ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parshley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parshley, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parshley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Parshley:

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- Parshley) 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 Parshley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.