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 Scrivner (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 Scrivner. 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 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.
Scrivner is located in Cole 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 Cole County: Boone, Callaway, Miller, Moniteau & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Scrivner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scrivner:
- Cole County (The home county of Scrivner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Decatur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Hickory Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Russellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lohman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eugene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Henley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Henley is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Scruggs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Saint Martins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Saint Thomas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Wardsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Centertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Hartsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oldham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Ashland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pierpont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- McBaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Cedar City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Holts Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mykee Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- Folsom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- New Bloomfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tebbetts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Hord ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Lake Ozark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Four Seasons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Four Seasons is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,309 people
- Four Seasons has also been known as:
- Village of Four Seasons
- Osage Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee Bend is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Bend
- Damsel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Damsel is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damsel
- Sunrise Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Pisgah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Prairie Home
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Brinktown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brinktown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
- Vienna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Etterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Etterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etterville
- Olean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Olean is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Pleasant Mount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mount is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mount
- Marys Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Eldon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Elizabeth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora Springs is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Springs
- Tuscumbia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bagnell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ulman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
- Lakeside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- McGirk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- High Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- High Point is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- California
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Latham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Latham is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Clarksburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fortuna
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fortuna is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna
- Tipton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lupus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Barnett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Excelsior
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Excelsior is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Rocky Mount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gravois Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glensted
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Glensted is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glensted
- Laurie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Syracuse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Folk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Meta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Koeltztown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Argyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Bonnots Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Loose Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Freeburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Linn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scrivner, see our County-by-County Page for Scrivner.
Cemeteries Near Scrivner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scrivner.
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 Scrivner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scrivner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Enloe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Garden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Lohman.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Stringtown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255297 <3>
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Russellville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Enon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Scrivner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scrivner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scrivner, with the one closest to Scrivner listed first.
- Decatur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Hickory Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Bass
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bass is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Spring Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Russellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Enon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Enon is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Lohman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Honey Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Honey Creek is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Olean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Olean is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Osage Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Osage Bluff is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Bluff
- Pleasant Mount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Mount is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mount
- Scruggs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Marys Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Teal ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Saint Thomas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scrivner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scrivner.
Newspapers Published in Scrivner ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scrivner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scrivner, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scrivner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Scrivner:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cole County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cooper County
- Maries County
- Miller County
- Moniteau County
- Morgan County
- Osage 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Scrivner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Scrivner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |