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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rileysburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rileysburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rileysburg, 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 Rileysburg (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 Rileysburg. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Rileysburg is historic, it would have been located within present day Boone 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 Boone County: Audrain, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau & Randolph.
Below are the counties that are near Rileysburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rileysburg:
- Boone County (The home county of Rileysburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Riggs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riggs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgeon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hinton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Hallsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Centralia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Moores Switch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Columbia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rocheport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Huntsdale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- McBaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Pierpont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Audrain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Larrabee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Larrabee is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Saling ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saling is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
- Tulip
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Thompson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Mexico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vandiver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vandiver is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Stephens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Lindbergh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Hatton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hatton is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Auxvasse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kingdom City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Lewis Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Oil City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Wooldridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Windsor Place village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor Place village is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Place village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Windsor Place village has also been known as:
- Windsor Place village
- Boonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Prairie Home
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Lamine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lamine is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Sebree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sebree is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
- Burton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Fayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Armstrong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Armstrong is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Steinmetz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Steinmetz is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinmetz
- New Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Glasgow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Macon County
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Lupus
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Middle Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Grove
- Evansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Evansville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ash
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ash is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Holliday
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holliday is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Duncans Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Duncans Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Bridge
- Woodlawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Paris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Clark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Renick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Renick is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Higbee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yates is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Moberly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Clifton Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Thomas Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Hill
- Darksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Darksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darksville
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- West Glasgow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Glasgow is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glasgow
- Saline City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Arrow Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rileysburg, see our County-by-County Page for Rileysburg.
Cemeteries Near Rileysburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rileysburg.
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 Rileysburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rileysburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Robison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nailer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ancell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dripping Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sturgeon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- Botner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Guren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
Rileysburg itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rileysburg, with the one closest to Rileysburg listed first.
- Riggs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riggs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Harrisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perche ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Perche is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perche
- Sturgeon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Sebree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sebree is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
- Woodlandville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlandville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlandville
- Hinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hinton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Hallsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Larrabee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Larrabee is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Higbee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Renick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Renick is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Stephens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Burton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Switzler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Switzler is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rileysburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rileysburg.
Newspapers Published in Rileysburg ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rileysburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rileysburg, 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 Rileysburg.
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 Rileysburg:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Boone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audrain County
- Callaway County
- Chariton County
- Cooper County
- Howard County
- Macon County
- Moniteau County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Saline County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Rileysburg, 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 '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- Rileysburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |