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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sims. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sims to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sims, 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 Sims (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 Sims. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sims is historic, it would have been located within present day Butler 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 Butler County: Clay (AR), Carter, Dunklin, Ripley, Stoddard & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Sims. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sims:
- Butler County (The home county of Sims)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Neelyville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harviell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oglesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Fagus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Qulin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Kelly Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Poplar Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Broseley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fisk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rombauer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Grandin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grandin is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Ellsinore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Campbell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gibson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Holcomb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wrightsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Clarkton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Malden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Naylor
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Naylor is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Gamburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Fairdealing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Oxly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oxly is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
- Current View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Current View is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Doniphan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Briar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Briar is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
- Ponder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ponder is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
- Bennett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennett is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Stoddard County
- Dudley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Williamsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wappapello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Moark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- McDougal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Corning
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Success
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Success is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Pollard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Current View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Current View is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Knobel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Knobel is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Datto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Datto is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Piggott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peach Orchard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Saint Francis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Greenway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Rector
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Stonewall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Lafe
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lafe is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Delaplaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Marmaduke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Beech Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Oak Grove Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Randolph County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Reyno
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Biggers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Maynard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Maynard is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Middlebrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Middlebrook is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook
- Peru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Supply
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Supply is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supply
- Brockett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brockett is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockett
- Serene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Serene is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
- Ingram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ingram is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Ingram has also been known as:
- Gooberhull
- Spikes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Spikes is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikes
- Attica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Attica is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Skaggs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Skaggs is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Warm Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sims, see our County-by-County Page for Sims.
Cemeteries Near Sims ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sims.
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 Sims - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sims covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Neeleyville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lutz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sims Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crab Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sheely Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eaton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Moark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Masonic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kinsey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kelsey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Sims in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sims.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sims, with the one closest to Sims listed first.
- Neelyville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Moark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Harviell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Palatka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Palatka is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatka
- Carola ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carola is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carola
- Gamburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Corning
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdealing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Belcher ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Belcher is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- Roxie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Roxie is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxie
- Qulin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Crockett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pollard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Knobel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Knobel is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sims. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sims.
Newspapers Published in Sims ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sims.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sims, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sims.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Sims:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Dunklin County
- Ripley County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Randolph 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 Sims, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sims) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |