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 Ranger (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 Ranger. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Ranger is located in Dent 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 Dent County: Crawford, Iron, Phelps, Reynolds, Shannon & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Ranger. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ranger:
- Dent County (The home county of Ranger)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ranger, with the one closest to Ranger listed first.
- Coulstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Jack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jack is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Lenox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Darien
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Jadwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Doss
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Doss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
- Lake Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lecoma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Howes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Howes is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Gila
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gila is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
- Sligo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sligo is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Bunker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ranger, with the one closest to Ranger listed first.
- Cook Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
- Wesco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wesco is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ranger, with the one closest to Ranger listed first.
- Beulah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Edgar Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Newburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Doolittle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Rolla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jerome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ranger, with the one closest to Ranger listed first.
- Bloodland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Devils Elbow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Robert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds County
- Greeley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greeley is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
- Shannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ranger, with the one closest to Ranger listed first.
- Akers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Akers is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
- Round Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ranger, with the one closest to Ranger listed first.
- Licking
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sherrill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Raymondville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Mineral Springs City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hartshorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Yukon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Yukon is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
- Houston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eunice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bucyrus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Success
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Roby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Solo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Solo is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ranger, see our County-by-County Page for Ranger.
Cemeteries Near Ranger ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ranger.
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 Ranger - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ranger covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ranger, with the one closest to Ranger listed first.
- Campbell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kissock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wallace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Robnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Paterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dry Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Enon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wofford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Ranger in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ranger.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ranger, with the one closest to Ranger listed first.
- Coulstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Maples
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maples is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joy is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Lenox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Hedrick ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hedrick is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Montauk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Montauk is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montauk
- Licking
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Darien
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Sherrill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Jadwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Anutt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Anutt is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anutt
- Oscar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oscar is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cedargrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
- Custer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Custer is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Beulah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ranger. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ranger.
Newspapers Published in Ranger ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ranger.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ranger, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ranger.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Ranger:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dent County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Phelps County
- Pulaski County
- Reynolds County
- Shannon County
- Texas 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 Ranger, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ranger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |