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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 Riverview Estates (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 Riverview Estates. 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 Riverview Estates ...
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.
Riverview Estates has also been known as: Riverview Estates village.
- A typical abbreviation for Riverview Estates: Riverview Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Riverview Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Riverview Estates.
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 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 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.
Riverview Estates is located in Cass 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 Cass County: Johnson (KS), Miami (KS), Bates, Henry, Jackson & Johnson.
Below are the counties that are near Riverview Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverview Estates:
- Cass County (The home county of Riverview Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Harrelson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Belton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peculiar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raymore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Loch Lloyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Lake Annette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Annette is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Cleveland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Freeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Line
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Line is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Lake Winnebago
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Harrisonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee's Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Drexel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Burdett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Burdett is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Merwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Merwin is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Adrian
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Amsterdam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Passaic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Passaic is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Sugar Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Kansas City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Avondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- East Kansas City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Minaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Randolph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Birmingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Woodhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Woodhill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhill
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Belvidere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Grandview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Martin City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- New Santa Fe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Greenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Holmes Park is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Park
- Holmes Park has also been known as:
- Holmes
- Indian Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Unity Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Little Blue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Raytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cockrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cockrell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrell
- Lake Lotawana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Jack
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Kingsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- La Tour
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- La Tour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
- Latour
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Latour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Holden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Quick City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quick City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
- Lafayette County
- Bates City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Northmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Franklin County (KS)
- Wellsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Stilwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Overland Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leawood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
- Spring Hill has also been known as:
- Spring Hill Station
- Springfield
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <1>
- Prairie Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mission Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Lenexa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Olathe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Olathe is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141,665 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olathe <1>
- Countryside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Fairway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clare
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clare is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Mission Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Merriam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- Loring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Linn County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Linn Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- La Cygne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Miami County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Wea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wea is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Bucyrus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Louisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <1>
- Chiles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chiles is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Somerset
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Block
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Block is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- New Lancaster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Paola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jingo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jingo is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Fontana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fontana is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Osawatomie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Argentine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Morris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Turner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Grinter Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Kansas City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Edwardsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Bonner Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverview Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Riverview Estates.
Cemeteries Near Riverview Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverview Estates.
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 Riverview Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverview Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Frazee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Belton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Corinth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cornith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornith Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cornith Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Cleveland.
- Peculiar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Raymore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bryant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wea Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glenwild Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Freeman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aubry 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.<3>
While we didn't find Riverview Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverview Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverview Estates, with the one closest to Riverview Estates listed first.
- Harrelson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Jaudon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jaudon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaudon
- Peculiar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Raymore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Belvidere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Stilwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Wea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wea is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- West Line
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Line is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Freeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kenneth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kenneth is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grandview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Martin City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Ore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ore is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverview Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverview Estates.
Newspapers Published in Riverview Estates ...
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 201 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverview Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverview Estates, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riverview Estates.
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 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 Riverview Estates:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cass County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bates County
- Clay County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Franklin County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Linn County
- Miami County
- Wyandotte 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Riverview Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Riverview Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |