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 Ritter (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 Ritter. 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 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.
Ritter is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Christian, Dade, Dallas, Lawrence, Polk & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Ritter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ritter:
- Greene County (The home county of Ritter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Willard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brookline Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bois D'Arc
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brookline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Langston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Battlefield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Mumford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
- Sequiota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sequiota is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequiota
- Ash Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Turners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Turners is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turners
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Republic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nixa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nixa is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
- Former name for Nixa:
- Faught
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <1>
- Cassidy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Fremont Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
- Clever
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Billings
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ozark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pembina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pembina is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembina
- Linden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Linden is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Highlandville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sparta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Velsor ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Velsor is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velsor
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Everton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dadeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Corry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Bona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- South Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Greenfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glen Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Charity ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Charity is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Buffalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Halltown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Marionville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Heatonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Miller
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoberg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Round Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Brighton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Goodnight
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goodnight is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Estimated population in 2019: 18 people
- Goodnight has also been known as:
- Goodnight village
- Graydon Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Tin Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tin Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Town
- Wishart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Eudora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Aldrich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aldrich is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Bolivar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Halfway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Fair Play
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Union City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Hurley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bradfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- Crane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ponce de Leon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
- White City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Oto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oto is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Rogersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Northview is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Conklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
- Elkland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elkland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
- Crown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Crown is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Fordland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Marshfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Olga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olga is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Diggins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Diggins is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ritter, see our County-by-County Page for Ritter.
Cemeteries Near Ritter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ritter.
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 Ritter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ritter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Brick Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- White Chapel Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- White Chapel Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Alms House Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alms House Cemetery
- The Alms House Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sunshine Acres Cemetery
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek Cemetery
- The Clear Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28073 <2>
- Murray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wesley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brookline Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Squib Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- Payne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cave Spring Memorial Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ritter had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ritter, with the one closest to Ritter listed first.
- Willard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nichols
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nichols is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Hackney
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hackney is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Yeakley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yeakley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeakley
- Brookline Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Springfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Bois D'Arc
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cave Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Spring is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Pearl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Sacville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sacville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacville
- Langston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hickory Barren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Barren is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Barren
- Harold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harold is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Galloway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Galloway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ritter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ritter.
Newspapers Published in Ritter ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ritter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ritter, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ritter.
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 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 Ritter:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Christian County
- Dade County
- Dallas County
- Lawrence County
- Polk County
- Stone County
- Webster 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ritter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ritter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |