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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 Slater (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 Slater. 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.

Slater is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette & Pettis.

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

  • Saline County     (The home county of Slater)
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
    • De Witt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • De Witt is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
    • Wakenda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Bosworth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Carrollton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bogard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tina
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tina is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
    • Palemon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Hale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chariton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
    • Namrash ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Namrash is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
    • Lewis Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Grand River City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Grand River City is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
    • Dalton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Dalton is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
    • Missouri Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
    • Brunswick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Oil City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oil City is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Keytesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Salisbury
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Triplett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Chraneville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Chraneville is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
    • Snyder
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mendon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Mendon is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
  • Cooper County
  • Howard County
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
    • Waverly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Waverly is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
    • Alma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Alma is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
    • Emma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hodge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Pettis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
    • Longwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Tedieville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Houstonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hughesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hughesville is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Slater, with the one closest to Slater listed first.
    • Yates
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Clifton Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Thomas Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Higbee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Slater ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slater.

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

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

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Slater had a population of 2,400 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Slater had a population of 1,765 people.

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

  • Orearville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Orearville is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orearville
  • Gilliam
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gilliam is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
  • Norton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Norton is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
  • Cambridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cambridge is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
  • New Frankfort
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • New Frankfort is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Frankfort
  • Namrash ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Namrash is located in Chariton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
  • Fairville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hardeman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hardeman is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardeman
  • Stanhope
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Stanhope is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
  • Marshall
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • West Glasgow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Miami
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Slater ...

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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slater.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Slater. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Slater and those printed in the larger area surrounding Slater.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Slater.

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 helpful 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 Slater:

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>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.
<3>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 Slater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Slater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.