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 Plummer (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 Plummer. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Plummer is located in Cole 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 Cole County: Boone, Callaway, Miller, Moniteau & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Plummer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plummer:
- Cole County (The home county of Plummer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- Scruggs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Saint Martins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Lohman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Russellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wardsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Decatur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Hickory Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Taos
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Eugene
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Henley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Henley is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Saint Thomas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- Hartsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oldham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Ashland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pierpont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- McBaine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Huntsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Huntsdale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Columbia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moores Switch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- Cedar City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Holts Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mykee Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- Folsom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- New Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tebbetts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Hord ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Mokane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Steedman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Lindbergh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stephens is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Camden County
- Lake Ozark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- Prairie Home
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Pisgah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Wooldridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Clarks Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Lone Elm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Elm is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Bunceton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- Etterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Etterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etterville
- Olean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olean is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Pleasant Mount
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mount is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mount
- Marys Home
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Eldon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Elizabeth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Aurora Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora Springs is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Springs
- Tuscumbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bagnell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ulman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lakeside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- McGirk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- California
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- High Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- High Point is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Jamestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Latham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Latham is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Lupus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Fortuna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fortuna is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna
- Tipton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- Barnett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Excelsior
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Excelsior is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Glensted
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Glensted is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glensted
- Rocky Mount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Syracuse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- Folk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Bonnots Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Meta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loose Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Koeltztown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Argyle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Linn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Freeburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Chamois
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plummer, see our County-by-County Page for Plummer.
Cemeteries Near Plummer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plummer.
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 Plummer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plummer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gordon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Lohman.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Stringtown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255297 <3>
- Eberhardt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawthorn Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorn Memorial Gardens
- The Hawthorn Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Hawthorne Memorial Gardens
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Long View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Islamic Cemetery of Mid Missouri
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rouschelback Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Plummer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plummer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plummer, with the one closest to Plummer listed first.
- Lohman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scruggs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Elston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elston is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Centertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Claysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Bass
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bass is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Honey Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Cedar City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- McGirk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Decatur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marion is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Wardsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Osage Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Osage Bluff is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Bluff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plummer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plummer.
Newspapers Published in Plummer ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plummer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plummer, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plummer.
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 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 Plummer:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cole County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cooper County
- Miller County
- Moniteau County
- Morgan County
- Osage 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plummer) 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 Plummer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |