RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Missouri >> Daviess County >> Pattonsburg >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 Pattonsburg (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 Pattonsburg. 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.

Pattonsburg is located in Daviess 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 Daviess County: Caldwell, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison & Livingston.

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

  • Daviess County     (The home county of Pattonsburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pattonsburg, with the one closest to Pattonsburg listed first.
    • Coffey
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Coffey is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Jameson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Altamont
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Altamont is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
    • Alta Vista ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bancroft
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Gallatin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Winston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jamesport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Mabel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lock Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • Andrew County
    • Helena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Helena is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Caldwell County
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pattonsburg, with the one closest to Pattonsburg listed first.
    • Cameron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Keystone ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Keystone is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • DeKalb County
  • Gentry County
  • Grundy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pattonsburg, with the one closest to Pattonsburg listed first.
    • Brimson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Brimson is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
    • Hickory Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Tindall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Trenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Spickard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pattonsburg, with the one closest to Pattonsburg listed first.
    • Gilman City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Bethany
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • New Hampton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Gardner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Martinsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Martinsville is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Ridgeway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Mount Moriah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Eagleville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Blythedale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Blythedale is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
    • Cainsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pattonsburg, with the one closest to Pattonsburg listed first.
    • Farmersville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Mooresville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mooresville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Mercer County
  • Worth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pattonsburg, with the one closest to Pattonsburg listed first.
    • Denver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Prohibition City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Prohibition City is located in Worth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
    • Worth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Allendale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Pattonsburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pattonsburg.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pattonsburg, with the one closest to Pattonsburg 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 Pattonsburg had a population of 532 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pattonsburg had a population of 345 people.

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

  • Civil Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Civil Bend is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Civil Bend
  • McFall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jameson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Santa Rosa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Matkins
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Matkins is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matkins
  • Madelaine ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Madelaine is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madelaine
  • Whitten
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Whitten is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten
  • Alta Vista ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Altamont
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Altamont is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
  • Blue Ridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Blue Ridge is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
  • Weatherby
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
  • Gallatin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 Pattonsburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pattonsburg.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pattonsburg ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pattonsburg.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pattonsburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pattonsburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pattonsburg.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Pattonsburg.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Pattonsburg:

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