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 Selsa (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 Selsa. 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 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.
Selsa is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Johnson (KS), Wyandotte (KS), Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Selsa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Selsa:
- Jackson County (The home county of Selsa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Adams
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Lake Tapawingo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Blue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Maywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Grain Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cement City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Raytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unity Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Leeds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leeds is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Atherton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Baldwin Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Raymore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Belton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Loch Lloyd
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Harrelson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Strasburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peculiar
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Riverview Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- East Lynne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Sugar Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- East Kansas City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Randolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Claycomo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Missouri City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Avondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Glenaire
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- North Kansas City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Woodhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodhill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhill
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clinton County
- Lilly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Kingsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Holden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Bates City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Lafayette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Odessa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mayview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Northmoor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Waukomis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Parkville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Weatherby Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Ferrelview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Waldron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Farley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Farley is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Orrick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Fleming
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Camden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Wood Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Excelsior Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Henrietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Rayville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Mission Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Mission Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Westwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Fairway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Leawood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Roeland Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Countryside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Merriam
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Overland Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lenexa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Loring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Miami County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Wea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wea is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Bucyrus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Argentine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Kansas City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Turner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Morris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Edwardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Piper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Bonner Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Selsa, see our County-by-County Page for Selsa.
Cemeteries Near Selsa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Selsa.
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 Selsa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Selsa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Stanley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Luttrell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell Cemetery
- The Luttrell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carr Cemetery
- Dalton Cemetery
- Luttrell - Dalton Cemetery
- Oak Ridge Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blue Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lobb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hylton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hendrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Independence.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Independence Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32371 <2>
- Cowherd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bridges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brooking Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mound Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Selsa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Selsa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Selsa, with the one closest to Selsa listed first.
- Adams
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Blue Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Blue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Maywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Englewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Englewood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Raytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Courtney is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Grain Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pink Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pink Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Hill
- Blue Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blue Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mills
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Mount Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Centropolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Centropolis is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centropolis
- Leeds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leeds is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Selsa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Selsa.
Newspapers Published in Selsa ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Selsa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Selsa, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Selsa.
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 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 Selsa:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Miami 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 Selsa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Selsa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |