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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 Paydown (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 Paydown. 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.

Paydown is located in Maries 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 Maries County: Gasconade, Miller, Osage, Phelps & Pulaski.

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

  • Maries County     (The home county of Paydown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paydown, with the one closest to Paydown listed first.
    • Lindell
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lanes Prairie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Belle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Vichy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Vichy is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
    • Vienna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Brinktown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brinktown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
  • Callaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paydown, with the one closest to Paydown listed first.
    • Tebbetts
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Mokane
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Cole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paydown, with the one closest to Paydown listed first.
    • Taos
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Taos is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
    • Saint Thomas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Osage City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Osage City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
    • Teal ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Wardsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Henley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Henley is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
  • Crawford County
  • Franklin County
  • Gasconade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paydown, with the one closest to Paydown listed first.
    • Bland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bland is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <1>
    • Redbird
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Bem
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Mount Sterling
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
    • Owensville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosebud
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Miller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paydown, with the one closest to Paydown listed first.
    • Saint Elizabeth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Iberia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Marys Home
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Osage County
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paydown, with the one closest to Paydown listed first.
    • Saint James
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Rolla
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Doolittle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
    • Rosati
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Newburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Newburg is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
    • Jerome
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Arlington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paydown, with the one closest to Paydown listed first.
    • Dixon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>
    • Devils Elbow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Paydown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paydown.

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

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

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

  • Green Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Union Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bowles Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cook Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Schanning Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Travis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ferrell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Moreland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Branson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (314 more) ...
    • Snodgrass Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Walker Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bowles Chapel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Paydown had a population of 35 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Lindell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lanes Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Belle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lois
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lois is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lois
  • Vienna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Vichy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Vichy is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
  • High Gate
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • High Gate is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Gate
  • Byron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <1>
  • Leduc ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Leduc is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leduc
  • Cleavesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cleavesville is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleavesville
  • Rich Fountain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Rich Fountain is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Fountain
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Safe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Safe is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
    • Redbird
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hayden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hayden is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden

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

Newspapers Published in Paydown ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paydown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paydown, 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 Paydown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Paydown:

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 Paydown, 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 from Point A (ie- Paydown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.