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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 Rogersville (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 Rogersville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Rogersville is primarily located in Webster County. A portion of Rogersville extends into 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 Webster County: Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede & Wright.

Below are the counties that are near Rogersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rogersville:

  • Webster County     (The home county of Rogersville)
  • Christian County
  • Dallas County
  • Douglas County
  • Greene County
  • Laclede County
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
    • Tin Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Goodnight
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Pleasant Hope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Brighton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Stone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
    • Ponce de Leon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
    • Union City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Union City is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • White City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • White City is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Hurley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oto
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bradfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Taney County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.
    • Bradleyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Bradleyville is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyville
    • Day
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Taneyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Taneyville is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • Walnut Shade
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
    • McClurg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • McClurg is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClurg
    • Bull Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Bull Creek is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
    • Merriam Woods
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
    • Forsyth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Kissee Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Rockaway Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Wright County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rogersville, see our County-by-County Page for Rogersville.

Cemeteries Near Rogersville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rogersville.

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 Rogersville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rogersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.

  • Peck Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Watts Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Holt Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Turner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lasley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Palmetto Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Tallman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Spilliens Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Springhill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wilkerson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Holland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (318 more) ...
    • Smith Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pembina Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Roller Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rogersville had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Rogersville had a population of 3,953 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Rogersville, with the one closest to Rogersville listed first.

  • Henderson
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Henderson is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
  • Palmetto
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Palmetto is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
  • Pembina
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Palace ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Palace is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace
  • Velsor ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fordland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sparta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sparta is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <1>
  • Olga
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Compton ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Compton is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
  • Elkhead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mumford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cassidy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Ozark
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Johns Mills ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
    • Galloway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • 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 Rogersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rogersville.

Newspapers Published in Rogersville ...

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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rogersville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rogersville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rogersville.

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 Rogersville:

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>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 Rogersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Rogersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.