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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 Sherrill (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 Sherrill. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Sherrill is located in Texas 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 Texas County: Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon & Wright.

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

  • Texas County     (The home county of Sherrill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.
    • Licking
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hazelton ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Success
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Roby
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Roby is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
    • Mineral Springs City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
    • Raymondville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bucyrus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Houston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Plato
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Yukon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Yukon is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • Eunice
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Solo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Solo is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
    • Hartshorn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.
    • Cook Station
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cook Station is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
    • Wesco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wesco is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
  • Dent County
  • Laclede County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.
    • Lynchburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Winnipeg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Falcon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.
    • Beulah
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Beulah is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Edgar Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Duke
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Duke is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
    • Newburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Newburg is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
    • Arlington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Doolittle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
    • Jerome
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Rolla
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.
    • Bloodland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Devils Elbow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Robert
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Waynesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Laquey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Laquey is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
    • Dixon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>
  • Shannon County
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherrill, with the one closest to Sherrill listed first.
    • Astoria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Graff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Graff is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
    • Green Mountain
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Sherrill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherrill.

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

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

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

  • Hutchison Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Shafer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Roseberry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ray Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Wilhite Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • White Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Concord Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Black Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Craddock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Vancleve Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (221 more) ...
    • Williams Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sliger Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kissock Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sherrill had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Beulah
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Beulah is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
  • Maples
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Maples is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
  • Blooming Rose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Blooming Rose is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Rose
  • Licking
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lenox
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lenox is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
  • Edgar Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Coulstone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hazelton ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hedrick ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hedrick is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
  • Oscar
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Oscar is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
  • Joy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Joy is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Anutt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Anutt is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anutt
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Montauk
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Montauk is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montauk
    • Big Piney
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Piney is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Piney
    • Venable
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Venable is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venable

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherrill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherrill.

Newspapers Published in Sherrill ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherrill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherrill, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherrill.

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 Sherrill:

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 Sherrill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sherrill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.