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 Shady Grove (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 Shady Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Shady Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Shady Grove: Shady Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shady Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shady Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Shady Grove is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Shady Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Grove:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Shady Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Swedeborg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Waynesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crocker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laquey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Laquey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
- Richland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Robert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Devils Elbow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hawkeye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Dixon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Stoutland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Montreal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Decaturville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Decaturville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Linn Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Osage Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camdenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Damsel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Damsel is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damsel
- Old Linn Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Linn Creek is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Linn Creek
- Shawnee Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Bend is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Bend
- Dent County
- Lecoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Abo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Winnipeg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Falcon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sleeper
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sleeper is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Lebanon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Eldridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Competition
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Competition is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
- Evergreen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Evergreen has also been known as:
- Evergreen village
- Twin Bridges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
- Brush Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Creek is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Brinktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brinktown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
- Vienna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Iberia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brumley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ulman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kaiser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elizabeth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tuscumbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bagnell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Jerome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Arlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Newburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Duke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Doolittle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Edgar Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Rolla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Plato
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Sherrill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Success
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Grove.
Cemeteries Near Shady Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Grove.
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 Shady Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Bartlett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dodds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tower Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turpin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mayse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Schlight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stories Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Collie Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rayle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bradford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Manes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Parsons 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>
While we didn't find Shady Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Waynesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swedeborg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Crocker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Richland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hancock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Glaize ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glaize is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaize
- Hawkeye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Stoutland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cookville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cookville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Clementine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clementine is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementine
- Franks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Franks is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wet Glaize
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wet Glaize is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wet Glaize
- Abo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Spring Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shady Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Grove.
Newspapers Published in Shady Grove ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Grove, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shady Grove.
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 Shady Grove:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Dent County
- Laclede County
- Maries County
- Miller County
- Phelps County
- Texas 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 Shady Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Shady Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |