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 Shackleford (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 Shackleford. 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 and hospitals 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.
Shackleford is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette & Pettis.
Below are the counties that are near Shackleford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shackleford:
- Saline County (The home county of Shackleford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Salt Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Salt Springs is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
- Marshall
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blosser ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blosser is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
- Cretcher
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cretcher is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
- Mount Leonard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Malta Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Herndon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Herndon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Blue Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Fairville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Grand Pass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Blackburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marshall Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Wakenda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- De Witt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Carrollton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Palemon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Miles Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Bosworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Norborne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Bogard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Grand River City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand River City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Missouri Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
- Brunswick
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Lewis Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Triplett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Snyder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Oil City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Keytesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Blackwater
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lamine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lamine is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine
- Harriston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harriston is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriston
- Pilot Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton City is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton City
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Lisbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Glasgow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Steinmetz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Steinmetz is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinmetz
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Dunksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dunksburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunksburg
- Valley City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Knob Noster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Waverly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Alma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Emma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Concordia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corder
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Aullville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Dover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Higginsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Page City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Mayview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pettis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Tedieville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tedieville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
- Houstonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Houstonia is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Longwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Hughesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hughesville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Georgetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- La Monte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sedalia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Lakeview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Rockingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockingham is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Hardin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shackleford, see our County-by-County Page for Shackleford.
Cemeteries Near Shackleford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shackleford.
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 Shackleford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shackleford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Salt Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Goshen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olive Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the south of Marshall.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960091 <3>
- Sunset Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Gardens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Gardens Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Marshall.
- The Sunset Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144398 <3>
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridge Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Odell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- Hazel Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazel Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Herndon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2133090 <3>
- Malta Bend Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Shackleford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shackleford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shackleford, with the one closest to Shackleford listed first.
- Salt Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Salt Springs is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
- Cretcher
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cretcher is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
- Marshall
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stanhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Blosser ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blosser is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
- Mount Leonard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Malta Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Herndon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Herndon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Blue Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Fairville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Norton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grand Pass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Blackburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marshall Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shackleford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shackleford.
Newspapers Published in Shackleford ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shackleford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shackleford, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shackleford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Shackleford:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Chariton County
- Cooper County
- Howard County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Pettis County
- Ray 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shackleford) 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 Shackleford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |