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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pinkley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pinkley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pinkley, please Contact Us.
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 Pinkley (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 Pinkley. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Pinkley is historic, it would have been located within present day Reynolds 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 Reynolds County: Carter, Dent, Iron, Shannon & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Pinkley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pinkley:
- Reynolds County (The home county of Pinkley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Lesterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Munger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Munger is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger
- Black
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Redford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Redford is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
- Oates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oates is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oates
- Bee Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bee Fork is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Fork
- Corridon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corridon is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corridon
- Reynolds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reynolds is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Fruit City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fruit City is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit City
- Greeley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greeley is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
- Ellington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Czar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Czar is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czar
- Dillard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dillard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
- Davisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Bunker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Boss
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
- Gila
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gila is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Glover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glover is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Chloride
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chloride is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride
- Sabula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sabula is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabula
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ironton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Knob
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Annapolis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belleview is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- English Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- English Town is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- Middle Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vulcan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vulcan is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Des Arc
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Des Arc is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Tin Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Saco
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Millcreek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Cobalt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Junction City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Mine La Motte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Iron Mountain Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Mountain Lake is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Bismarck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral City is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Doe Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Doe Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
- Hamilton Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Wortham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wortham is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Knob Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Elvins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Leadwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Park Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rivermines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Esther
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Caledonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Belgrade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Horton Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Horton Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton Town
- Sunlight
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sunlight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight
- Irondale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Potosi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Brunot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brunot is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunot
- Piedmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lodi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lodi is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Patterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bounds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bounds is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds
- Silva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pinkley, see our County-by-County Page for Pinkley.
Cemeteries Near Pinkley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pinkley.
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 Pinkley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pinkley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Taum Sauk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Johnston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnston Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the north of Lesterville.
- The Johnston Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnston Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2139118 <4>
- Gamble Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rayfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dobbins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hasty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fitzgerald Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chapman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Robinett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hyatts Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Emilys Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
While we didn't find Pinkley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pinkley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pinkley, with the one closest to Pinkley listed first.
- Lesterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Munger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Munger is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger
- Black
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glover is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Hogan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hogan is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
- Edgehill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edgehill is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
- Sabula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sabula is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabula
- Annapolis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ironton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Knob
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Graniteville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Graniteville is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Redford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Redford is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
- Ghermanville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ghermanville is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghermanville
- Belleview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belleview is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pinkley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pinkley.
Newspapers Published in Pinkley ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pinkley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pinkley, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pinkley.
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 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 Pinkley:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Reynolds County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Dent County
- Iron County
- Madison County
- Saint Francois County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Pinkley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pinkley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |