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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 Sequiota (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 Sequiota. 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.

Sequiota is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Christian, Dade, Dallas, Lawrence, Polk & Webster.

Below are the counties that are near Sequiota. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sequiota:

  • Greene County     (The home county of Sequiota)
  • Barry County
  • Christian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sequiota, with the one closest to Sequiota listed first.
    • Cassidy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fremont Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
    • Nixa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ozark
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pembina
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Linden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sparta is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <1>
    • Republic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Highlandville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Velsor ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Clever
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Clever is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <1>
    • Bruner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bruner is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
    • Oldfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Oldfield is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
  • Dade County
    • Everton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dallas County
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sequiota, with the one closest to Sequiota listed first.
    • Johns Mills ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
    • Arden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Bank
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lawrence County
  • Polk County
  • Stone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sequiota, with the one closest to Sequiota listed first.
    • Union City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Union City is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Ponce de Leon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
    • Hurley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • White City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • White City is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Bradfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Oto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Crane
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Galena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • McCord Bend
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • McCord Bend is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Bend
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
    • Reeds Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Taney County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sequiota, with the one closest to Sequiota listed first.
    • Day
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Walnut Shade
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
    • Bull Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bull Creek is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
    • Merriam Woods
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
    • Taneyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Taneyville is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • Bradleyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bradleyville is located in Taney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyville
  • Webster County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sequiota, see our County-by-County Page for Sequiota.

Cemeteries Near Sequiota ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sequiota.

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 Sequiota - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sequiota covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sequiota, with the one closest to Sequiota listed first.

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 Sequiota in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sequiota.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sequiota, with the one closest to Sequiota listed first.

  • Galloway
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Galloway is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
  • Langston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Langston is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
  • Mumford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Palace ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Palace is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace
  • Cassidy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Springfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Nixa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Palmetto
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Palmetto is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
  • Griffin ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Griffin is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Ozark
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pembina
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Nichols
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Nichols is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Henderson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Henderson is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
    • Riverdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Riverdale is located in Christian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
    • Rogersville
      (10 miles [16.1 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 Sequiota. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sequiota.

Newspapers Published in Sequiota ...

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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sequiota.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sequiota, 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 Sequiota.

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 Sequiota:

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 Sequiota, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sequiota) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.