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 Rices Corner (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 Rices Corner. 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.
Name Variations for Rices Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Rices Corner: Rices Cor. (or less commonly used: Rices Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Rices Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rices Corner may originally have been Rice's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rices Corner might be written as Rice Corner.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Rices Corner is located in Audrain 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 Audrain County: Boone, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls & Randolph.
Below are the counties that are near Rices Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rices Corner:
- Audrain County (The home county of Rices Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Corner, with the one closest to Rices Corner listed first.
- Farber
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Farber is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Laddonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vandalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rush Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Benton City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton City is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Vandiver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Vandiver is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Thompson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Thompson is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Boone County
- Centralia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Corner, with the one closest to Rices Corner listed first.
- Williamsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Auxvasse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingdom City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Corner, with the one closest to Rices Corner listed first.
- Olney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Olney is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
- Corso
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Corso is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corso
- Louisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Louisville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Truxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Truxton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Silex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Silex is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Mackville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mackville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Hawk Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Whiteside is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Briscoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Briscoe is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Davis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Davis is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Cave
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cave is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Corner, with the one closest to Rices Corner listed first.
- Santa Fe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Fe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Florida
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stoutsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Corner, with the one closest to Rices Corner listed first.
- Wellsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Middletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Gamma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gamma is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
- Montgomery City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bellflower
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellflower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Danville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Florence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- High Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Jonesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Americus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Corner, with the one closest to Rices Corner listed first.
- New Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Harmony is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
- Curryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Curryville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Ashley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ashley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Bowling Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tarrants
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tarrants is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrants
- Population from the 2010 Census: 22 people
- Frankford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cyrene
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cyrene is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
- Eolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Calumet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Calumet is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Ralls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rices Corner, with the one closest to Rices Corner listed first.
- Perry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Madisonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Madisonville is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Greenlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shaver Ford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shaver Ford is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Ford
- The Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- The Landing is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing
- New London
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rices Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Rices Corner.
Cemeteries Near Rices Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rices Corner.
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 Rices Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rices Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rices Corner, with the one closest to Rices Corner listed first.
- New Providence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Edwards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fike Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Farber Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Payne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Wellsville.
- The Resurrection Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wellsville Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31088 <4>
- Peery Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Vandalia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vandalia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Rices Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rices Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rices Corner, with the one closest to Rices Corner listed first.
- Laddonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farber
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Farber is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Wellsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vandalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rush Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Middletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Gazette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gazette is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazette
- Hutchison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchison is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchison
- Estes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Estes is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
- Benton City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton City is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- New Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Harmony is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
- Worcester ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worcester is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Farmer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Farmer is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- West Hartford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Hartford is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
- Shamrock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rices Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rices Corner.
Newspapers Published in Rices Corner ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rices Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rices Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rices Corner.
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 websites either 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 Rices Corner:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Audrain County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Callaway County
- Lincoln County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Pike County
- Ralls County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rices Corner) 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 Rices Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |