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 Phelps (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 Phelps. 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.
Phelps 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 Phelps. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Phelps:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Phelps)
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Miller
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heatonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Round Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Red Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Stotts City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoberg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Stinson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Freistatt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Halltown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Verona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Pierce City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Monett
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tom Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tom Town is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Pioneer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Purdy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Scholten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Leann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leann is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leann
- Star City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Butterfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Butterfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Wheaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jenkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Golden City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kenoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Layneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Bushnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lamar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Milford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Oakton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Jerico Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- 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 Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Billings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Republic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clever
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Lockwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- South Greenfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Pilgrim
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Everton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Corry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Dadeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Bona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Ash Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bois D'Arc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brookline Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Brookline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Willard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Battlefield
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- La Russell
(9 miles [14.5 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
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Sarcoxie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Motley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Motley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Forest Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Parshley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parshley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshley
- Carthage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fidelity
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Jasper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Brooklyn Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Talmage City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Wentworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Ritchey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ritchey is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritchey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Diamond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <1>
- Granby City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Granby City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
- Granby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stark City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Eudora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Graydon Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Bradfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- Crane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hurley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Phelps, see our County-by-County Page for Phelps.
Cemeteries Near Phelps ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Phelps.
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 Phelps - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Phelps covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Goss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stahl Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Webb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Colley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Miller Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shelton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Cemetery
- The Shelton Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Bend Cemetery (New)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31538 <2>
- Patton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Patton Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Stotts City.
- The Patton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old South Bend Cemetery
- South Bend Cemetery (Old)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30777 <2>
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Mount Vernon.
- The Salem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967554 <2>
- Hodges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Henson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (287 more) ...
- Hickman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Round Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Phelps had a population of 125 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Miller
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Round Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Red Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Mount Vernon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowers Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bowers Mill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Mill
- Kings Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kings Point is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Turnback ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Turnback is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnback
- Clarkson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
- Freistatt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Meinert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meinert is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinert
- Spencer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spencer is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Paris Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Paris Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Springs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dudenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dudenville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudenville
- Avilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Lockwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Phelps. See our List of 1890's Communities around Phelps.
Newspapers Published in Phelps ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Phelps.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Phelps, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Phelps.
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 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 Phelps:
- 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Phelps) 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 Phelps, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |