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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sherwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sherwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sherwood, please Contact Us.
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 Sherwood (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 Sherwood. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sherwood is historic, it would have been located within present day Barton 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 Barton County: Crawford (KS), Cedar, Dade, Jasper & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Sherwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sherwood:
- Barton County (The home county of Sherwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Kenoma
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Bushnell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Golden City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Layneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Lamar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lamar Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Oakton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Milford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Irwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Nashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Liberal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mindenmines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Jerico Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Virgil City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Virgil City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
- Umber View Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Stockton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willowville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Willowville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Lockwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Arcola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Glen Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Pilgrim
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Corry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Everton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dadeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Carytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Avilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Avilla is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Forest Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Carthage
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alba
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Neck City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Purcell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- La Russell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- La Russell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Medoc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Reeds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Brooklyn Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Red Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Round Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Miller
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stotts City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stotts City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotts City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Heatonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Stinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Hoberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Mount Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Talmage City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Diamond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Diamond is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 909 people
- Former names for Diamond:
- Diamond Grove
- Diamond Mill
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <2>
- Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Park is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Wentworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Bellamy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Sheldon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montevallo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Montevallo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevallo
- Milo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Milo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Bronaugh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Moundville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cherokee County (KS)
- Lawton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Cornell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Curranville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Mulberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Opolis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Yale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Fox Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Frontenac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Gross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Arma is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sherwood, see our County-by-County Page for Sherwood.
Cemeteries Near Sherwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherwood.
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 Sherwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sherwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fair View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harlow - Wright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Worthen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Side Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kistler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pippenger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Killey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hendricks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newport Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Newport Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Newport
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.
While we didn't find Sherwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sherwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sherwood, with the one closest to Sherwood listed first.
- Kenoma
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Malty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Malty is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malty
- Bushnell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Boston is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Golden City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Esrom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Esrom is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esrom
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dudenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dudenville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudenville
- Sylvania ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvania is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Milford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Maple Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Meinert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meinert is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinert
- Lockwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherwood.
Newspapers Published in Sherwood ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherwood, 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 Sherwood.
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 Sherwood:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Barton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Dade County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Newton County
- Vernon County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sherwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Sherwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |