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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Points. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Points to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Points, 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 Points (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 Points. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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 Points is historic, it would have been located within present day Boone 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 Boone County: Audrain, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau & Randolph.

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

  • Boone County     (The home county of Points)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Points, with the one closest to Points listed first.
    • Hallsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Centralia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Stephens
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Stephens is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
    • Hinton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Hinton is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
    • Riggs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Riggs is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
    • Sturgeon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Moores Switch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Moores Switch is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
    • Columbia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Harrisburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Pierpont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Pierpont is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Huntsdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Huntsdale is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Ashland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • McBaine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • McBaine is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
  • Audrain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Points, with the one closest to Points listed first.
    • Thompson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Thompson is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Larrabee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Larrabee is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
    • Saling ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Saling is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
    • Mexico
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Tulip
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Tulip is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
    • Vandiver
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Vandiver is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Benton City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Benton City is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Rush Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
    • Martinsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Laddonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Callaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Points, with the one closest to Points listed first.
    • Stephens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Stephens is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
    • Hatton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hatton is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Lindbergh
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
    • Auxvasse
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Kingdom City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fulton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Fulton is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <2>
    • Folsom
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Folsom is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
    • New Bloomfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Williamsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Mykee Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
      • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
  • Cooper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Points, with the one closest to Points listed first.
    • Wooldridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Clarks Fork
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
    • Prairie Home
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Points, with the one closest to Points listed first.
    • Sebree
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Sebree is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
    • Burton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Burton is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
    • Fayette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Moniteau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Points, with the one closest to Points listed first.
    • Lupus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Lupus is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Jamestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Points, with the one closest to Points listed first.
    • Middle Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Middle Grove is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Grove
    • Evansville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Evansville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
    • Madison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Santa Fe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Santa Fe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
    • Holliday
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Holliday is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
    • Paris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ash
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ash is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
    • Goss
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Goss is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Points, with the one closest to Points listed first.
    • Clark
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Clark is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
    • Renick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Renick is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Higbee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Moberly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Yates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Yates is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates

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

Cemeteries Near Points ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Points.

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

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

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

  • Hickory Grove Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Youngers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • German Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Stephens Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Allen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fountain Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Far West Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Centralia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Glendale Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (198 more) ...
    • Prairie Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Simpson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Skull Lick Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.

Points itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Hallsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Stephens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stephens is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
  • Centralia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hatton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatton is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
  • Switzler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Switzler is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzler
  • Hinton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hinton is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
  • Larrabee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Larrabee is located in Audrain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
  • Thompson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Thompson is located in Audrain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
  • Concord
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Concord is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Sturgeon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Riggs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Riggs is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
  • Moores Switch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Moores Switch is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Earl
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Earl is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
    • Rileysburg ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Rileysburg is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
    • Perche ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Perche is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perche

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

Newspapers Published in Points ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Points.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Points, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Points.

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 Points:

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 Points, 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>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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Points) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.