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 Prathersville (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 Prathersville. 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.
Prathersville is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Wyandotte (KS), Clinton, Jackson, Platte & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Prathersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prathersville:
- Clay County (The home county of Prathersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Mosby
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Excelsior Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Kearney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Missouri City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chandler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Roosterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glenaire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Pleasant Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Claycomo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Polo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Gould Farm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Carroll County
- Stet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Cass County
- Lee's Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Converse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lilly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Trimble
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Turney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Gower
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Starfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Cameron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- DeKalb County
- Osborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Atherton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Sibley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- River Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Buckner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Levasy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Cement City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Adams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Blue Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grain Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Napoleon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bates City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Odessa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Mayview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Northmoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Ferrelview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Lake Waukomis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Ridgely
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Platte Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Edgerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Camden Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Crystal Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wood Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Excelsior Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Lawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Orrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elmira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Fleming
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Camden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Mission Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Westwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Fairway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Roeland Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mission
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Countryside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Prairie Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leawood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- Highland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Kansas City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Argentine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Turner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Grinter Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Morris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prathersville, see our County-by-County Page for Prathersville.
Cemeteries Near Prathersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prathersville.
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 Prathersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prathersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Woodland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buxton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Means Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- George Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Enon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Munkirs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Prathersville had a population of 130 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Prathersville had a population of 135 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prathersville, with the one closest to Prathersville listed first.
- Excelsior Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Missouri City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kearney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Vibbard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vibbard is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vibbard
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atherton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Lawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sibley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blue Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mills
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Converse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Courtney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prathersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prathersville.
Newspapers Published in Prathersville ...
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 199 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prathersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prathersville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prathersville.
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 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 Prathersville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Wyandotte 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> | 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 Prathersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Prathersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |