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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Signal. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Signal to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Signal, 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 Signal (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 Signal. 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 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 Signal is historic, it would have been located within present day Phelps 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 Phelps County: Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Pulaski & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Signal. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Signal:
- Phelps County (The home county of Signal)
- The following are listed by their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Rolla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doolittle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Newburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Saint James
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jerome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Rosati
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rosati is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosati
- Edgar Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Duke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Beulah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Jake Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jake Prairie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Prairie
- Cuba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Wesco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wesco is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
- Sankey ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sankey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankey
- Steelville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cook Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
- Midland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Argo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Argo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Leasburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elaver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elaver is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elaver
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Lecoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Lake Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lenox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Howes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howes is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Sligo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sligo is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- Boone ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Redbird
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Bland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bem is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bem
- Owensville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Vichy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Lindell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Lanes Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Paydown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Vienna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brinktown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brinktown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
- Belle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Iberia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Elizabeth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Freeburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Byron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Argyle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Koenig
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Koeltztown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Meta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Westphalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Folk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Devils Elbow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Robert
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Crocker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Waynesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swedeborg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Bloodland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Texas County
- Sherrill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Signal, see our County-by-County Page for Signal.
Cemeteries Near Signal ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Signal.
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 Signal - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Signal covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Wynn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spencer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brainard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Balance Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hodge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ames Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Goggins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Light Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wiese Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Signal in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Signal.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Signal, with the one closest to Signal listed first.
- Rolla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vichy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Dillon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dillon is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Lois
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lois is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lois
- Newburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Safe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Safe is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
- Lindell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Hayden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hayden is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Jerome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Saint James
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- High Gate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Gate is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Gate
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lanes Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Franks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franks is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- Vienna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Signal. See our List of 1890's Communities around Signal.
Newspapers Published in Signal ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Signal.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Signal, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Signal.
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 websites either 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 Signal:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Phelps County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Dent County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Maries County
- Miller County
- Osage County
- Pulaski County
- Texas 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 Signal, 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Signal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |