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 Scearces (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 Scearces. 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 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.
Scearces is located in Clinton 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 Clinton County: Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, DeKalb, Platte & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Scearces. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scearces:
- Clinton County (The home county of Scearces)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Plattsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Starfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Gower
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lilly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Turney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Converse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Cameron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Cosby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Country Club
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Amazonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Savannah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Easton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Agency
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Faucett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Willow Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Saxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Matney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saint Joseph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- De Kalb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rushville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Polo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kidder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Holt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kearney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Chandler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Roosterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Mosby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Excelsior Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prathersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Barry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Barry is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Mabel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Winston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altamont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Stewartsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Osborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Amity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Weatherby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Union Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Fairport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Winslow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- River Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Atherton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Cement City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Edgerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Dearborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Camden Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodruff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Ferrelview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Platte City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- West Platte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Platte is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Weston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Waukomis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Lawson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Excelsior Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Crystal Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wood Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Knoxville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Rayville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Atchison County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Oak Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Port Williams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Elwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palermo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Blair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Doniphan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Kickapoo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Bain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Leavenworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scearces, see our County-by-County Page for Scearces.
Cemeteries Near Scearces ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scearces.
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 Scearces - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scearces covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Washington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hanks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brethren Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brethren Church Cemetery
- The Brethren Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walnut Grove Brethren Church Cemetery
- Grayson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Transue Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Allen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Gower.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27288 <2>
- Mecca Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McWilliams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (307 more) ...
- Reed Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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, Scearces had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scearces, with the one closest to Scearces listed first.
- Plattsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grayson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grayson is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Starfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Gower
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Perrin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perrin is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrin
- Lilly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Frazier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Frazier is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Platte River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Platte River is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte River
- Hemple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hemple is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemple
- Paradise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Paradise is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Edgerton Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerton Junction is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton Junction
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ridgely
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Holt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scearces. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scearces.
Newspapers Published in Scearces ...
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 200 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scearces.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scearces, 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 Scearces.
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 Scearces:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clinton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Caldwell County
- Clay County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Atchison County
- Doniphan County
- Leavenworth 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> | 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 Scearces, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scearces) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |