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 Rat (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 Rat. 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 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.
Rat is located in Shannon 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 Shannon County: Carter, Dent, Howell, Oregon, Reynolds & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Rat. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rat:
- Shannon County (The home county of Rat)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rat, with the one closest to Rat listed first.
- Round Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Eminence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Akers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Akers is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
- Alley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alley is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
- Winona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Birch Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rat, with the one closest to Rat listed first.
- Van Buren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fremont is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Chicopee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chicopee is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rat, with the one closest to Rat listed first.
- Dillard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dillard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
- Czar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Czar is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czar
- Davisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rat, with the one closest to Rat listed first.
- Bunker
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gila
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gila is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
- Boss
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
- Doss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Doss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
- Jadwin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Darien
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Jack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jack is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sligo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sligo is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Howes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Howes is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Coulstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rat, with the one closest to Rat listed first.
- Bixby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Viburnum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Good Water
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Good Water is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Water
- Annapolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sabula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sabula is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabula
- Chloride
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chloride is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride
- Glover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glover is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Reynolds County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rat, with the one closest to Rat listed first.
- Corridon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Corridon is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corridon
- Reynolds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Reynolds is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Bee Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bee Fork is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Fork
- Greeley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greeley is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
- Fruit City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fruit City is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit City
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oates is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oates
- Ellington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Redford is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
- Black
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lesterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Munger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Munger is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rat, with the one closest to Rat listed first.
- Hartshorn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Summersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rat, see our County-by-County Page for Rat.
Cemeteries Near Rat ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rat.
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 Rat - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rat covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rat, with the one closest to Rat listed first.
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Conway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sutterfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Swiney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Heaton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chatman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hanning Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Delmar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nuckols Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corridon & Reynolds Memorial Park Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corridon & Reynolds Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Corridon & Reynolds Memorial Park Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Reynolds and Corridon. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Corridon.
- The Corridon & Reynolds Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corridon Cemetery
- Corridon & Reynolds Cemetery
- Corridon and Reynolds Memorial Park
- Lattiz Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28209 <4>
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Estep Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisco Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<5>
While we didn't find Rat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rat.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rat, with the one closest to Rat listed first.
- Gila
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gila is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
- Bee Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bee Fork is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Fork
- West Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Fork is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Greeley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greeley is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
- Sinkin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sinkin is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinkin
- Round Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Alamode ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alamode is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamode
- Gladden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gladden is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladden
- Ink
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ink is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ink
- Eminence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oates is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oates
- Howes Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Howes Mill is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes Mill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shawnee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shawnee is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
- Stone Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stone Hill is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Hill
- Akers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Akers is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rat. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rat.
Newspapers Published in Rat ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rat.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rat, 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 Rat.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Rat:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Shannon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Crawford County
- Dent County
- Iron County
- Reynolds 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Reynolds and Corridon. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Rat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |