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Introduction ...

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

We've added Raftville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Raftville, 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 Raftville (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 Raftville. 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 doctors and 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 Raftville is historic, it would have been located within present day Texas 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 Texas County: Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon & Wright.

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

  • Texas County     (The home county of Raftville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raftville, with the one closest to Raftville listed first.
    • Hazelton ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hazelton is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
    • Success
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Licking
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bucyrus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mineral Springs City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
    • Roby
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Roby is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
    • Houston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sherrill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sherrill is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
    • Raymondville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Plato
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Yukon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Yukon is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • Huggins
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Huggins is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raftville, with the one closest to Raftville listed first.
    • Coulstone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Coulstone is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
    • Lenox
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Lenox is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Jack
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jack is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
    • Darien
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Darien is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
    • Jadwin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jadwin is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
    • Lecoma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lecoma is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
    • Salem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Doss
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Doss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
    • Lake Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Spring is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
  • Howell County
    • Sterling ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sterling is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
  • Laclede County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raftville, with the one closest to Raftville listed first.
    • Lynchburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Winnipeg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
    • Falcon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Competition
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Competition is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
    • Abo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Abo is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raftville, with the one closest to Raftville listed first.
    • Beulah
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Beulah is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Duke
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Duke is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
    • Edgar Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raftville, with the one closest to Raftville listed first.
    • Bloodland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
    • Saint Robert
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Devils Elbow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Laquey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Laquey is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
    • Waynesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Shannon County
    • Akers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Akers is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Raftville, with the one closest to Raftville listed first.
    • Astoria
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Astoria is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
    • Graff
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Graff is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
    • Green Mountain
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Mountain is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
    • Jerktail ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jerktail is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
    • Saint George
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Saint George is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
    • Mountain Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Raftville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Raftville.

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

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

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

  • Cavaness Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Crane Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Burnett Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sliger Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilhite Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Craddock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Vancleve Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Merrill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Emery Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ray Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (194 more) ...
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pine Lawn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Williams Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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 Raftville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Raftville.

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

  • Venable
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Venable is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venable
  • Ellis Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ellis Prairie is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Prairie
  • Hazelton ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazelton is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
  • Success
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Licking
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Roubidoux
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Roubidoux is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubidoux
  • Plum Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Plum Valley is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Valley
  • Houston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Oscar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Oscar is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
  • Roby
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Roby is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
  • Dykes
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dykes is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
  • Sherrill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherrill is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Blooming Rose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Blooming Rose is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Rose
    • Turley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Turley is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge

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

Newspapers Published in Raftville ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Raftville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Raftville, 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 Raftville.

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 Raftville:

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 Raftville, 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Raftville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.