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 School (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 School. 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 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.
School 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 School. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to School:
- Stone County (The home county of School)
- The following are listed by their distance from School, with the one closest to School listed first.
- Union City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Hurley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bradfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- White City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Oto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oto is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- Crane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ponce de Leon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
- Galena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- McCord Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- McCord Bend is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Cape Fair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Reeds Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Branson West
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Branson West is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Barry County
- The following are listed by their distance from School, with the one closest to School listed first.
- Scholten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Leann
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leann is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leann
- Jenkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Tom Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tom Town is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Hill City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hill City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Star City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Star City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Shell Knob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Monett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Purdy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Butterfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Butterfield is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Emerald Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Cassville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arrow Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from School, with the one closest to School listed first.
- Clever
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Billings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Republic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Highlandville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nixa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Spokane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Mound Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Green Mound Ridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mound Ridge
- Fremont Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
- Ozark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cassidy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Chestnutridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saddlebrooke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Linden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Dade County
- Everton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from School, with the one closest to School listed first.
- Battlefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Brookline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Brookline Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Sequiota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sequiota is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequiota
- Langston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bois D'Arc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mumford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
- Willard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Turners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Turners is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turners
- Ash Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Strafford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from School, with the one closest to School listed first.
- Marionville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Verona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Halltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Heatonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Stinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Freistatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Miller
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stotts City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Pierce City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Taney County
- The following are listed by their distance from School, with the one closest to School listed first.
- Day
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Bull Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Walnut Shade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Merriam Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
- Branson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockaway Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Table Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Forsyth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hollister
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hollister is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Kirbyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Powersite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Powersite is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Taneyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taneyville is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Kissee Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Webster County
- Rogersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to School, see our County-by-County Page for School.
Cemeteries Near School ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of School.
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 School - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for School covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from School, with the one closest to School listed first.
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wright Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Short Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Steele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Butler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- Masonic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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, School had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from School, with the one closest to School listed first.
- Bradfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- Oto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oto is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- Ponce de Leon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
- Billings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Logan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Republic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Griffin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Marionville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Highlandville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Riverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Riverdale is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Nixa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Scholten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scholten is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scholten
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Galena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ozark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around School. See our List of 1890's Communities around School.
Newspapers Published in School ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around School.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of School, 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 School.
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 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 School:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Stone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barry County
- Christian County
- Dade County
- Greene County
- Lawrence County
- Taney 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> | 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 School, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- School) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |