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 Ruth (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 Ruth. 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 doctors and 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.
Ruth is located in Stone 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 Stone County: Carroll (AR), Barry, Christian, Lawrence & Taney.
Below are the counties that are near Ruth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ruth:
- Stone County (The home county of Ruth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruth, with the one closest to Ruth listed first.
- Indian Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kimberling City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Dollar City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Coney Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Branson West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Branson West is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Marmaros
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Lampe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blue Eye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cape Fair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruth, with the one closest to Ruth listed first.
- Shell Knob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arrow Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Emerald Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Hill City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Golden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Scholten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Chain-O-Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Leann
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leann is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leann
- Eagle Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Star City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Star City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Thompsons Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Thompsons Corner is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Corner
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruth, with the one closest to Ruth listed first.
- Chestnutridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saddlebrooke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saddlebrooke is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrooke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Saddlebrooke has also been known as:
- Saddlebrooke village
- Spokane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Mound Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Green Mound Ridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mound Ridge
- Highlandville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Garrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Chadwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chadwick is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Clever
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nixa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Ozark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cassidy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruth, with the one closest to Ruth listed first.
- Marionville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taney County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruth, with the one closest to Ruth listed first.
- Table Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Branson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oasis is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Hollister
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hollister is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Melva ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Melva is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Bull Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Kirbyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rockaway Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Merriam Woods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
- Walnut Shade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Ridgedale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Day
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Boone County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruth, with the one closest to Ruth listed first.
- Omaha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Shaver is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Burlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Lowry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lowry is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Boone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boone is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Alpena
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Myrtle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Batavia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Batavia is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Diamond City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bergman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lead Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruth, with the one closest to Ruth listed first.
- Blue Eye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Denver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Denver is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Urbanette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Green Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Berryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Eureka Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Conway County (AR)
- Grandview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Conway County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ruth, see our County-by-County Page for Ruth.
Cemeteries Near Ruth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ruth.
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 Ruth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ruth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ruth, with the one closest to Ruth listed first.
- Philibert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kimberling Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Goodall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Crest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rice Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Coney Island
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nickerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Yates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Philibert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ruth had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ruth, with the one closest to Ruth listed first.
- Radical
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Radical is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radical
- Marmaros
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Branson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Valley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Valley is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Baxter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Blue Eye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cape Fair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Viola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Viola is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Galena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kirbyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Shade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shell Knob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Yocum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yocum is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ruth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ruth.
Newspapers Published in Ruth ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ruth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ruth, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ruth.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Ruth:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Stone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Christian County
- Lawrence County
- Taney County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Conway 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> | 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 Ruth, 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- Ruth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |