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 Pleasant Valley (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 Pleasant Valley. 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.
Name Variations for Pleasant Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant Valley: Pleasant Vly. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Vally. or Pleasant Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Valley.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and doctors 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.
Pleasant Valley 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 Pleasant Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley:
- Jasper County (The home county of Pleasant Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Carthage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn Heights
(2 miles [3.2 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Fidelity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Carterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Duenweg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Webb City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Carytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Alba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Oakland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland Park is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
- Oronogo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Monett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Nashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Oakton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Kenoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Golden City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bushnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Mindenmines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Layneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Liberal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Irwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Dade County
- 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
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Red Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Stotts City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Pierce City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Round Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Freistatt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Hoberg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Miller
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Heatonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McDonald County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Goodman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- May
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- May is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Silver Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Diamond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Dennis Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Leawood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leawood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Saginaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Cliff Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Grand Falls Plaza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Redings Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Granby City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Granby City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby City
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Badger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- East Galena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Lawton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Empire City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Galena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Galena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Crestline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Riverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Quaker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Quaker is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
- Baxter Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Opolis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Kirkwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Cornell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Pittsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Klendike
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Klendike is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
- Frontenac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Cherokee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Curranville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Fox Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Lone Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Capaldo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Peoria
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Lincolnville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Quapaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Picher ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Valley.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Valley.
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 Pleasant Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Carthage.
- The Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Regan Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30740 <2>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Curtis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fair Acres Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Acres Cemetery
- The Fair Acres Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jasper County Poor Farm Cemetery
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fullerton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sterling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fidelity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Laxton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Carterville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Pleasant Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Carthage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prosperity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scotland is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Fidelity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Knights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Knights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
- Carterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Webb City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Parshley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parshley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshley
- Alba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Oronogo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Joplin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Reeds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Joplin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tuckahoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
- West Joplin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Valley.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Valley ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Valley, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Valley.
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 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 Pleasant Valley:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Dade County
- Lawrence County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Ottawa 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> | 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 Pleasant Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |