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 Standish (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 Standish. 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.
Standish is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Caldwell, Chariton, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Standish. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Standish:
- Carroll County (The home county of Standish)
- The following are listed by their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Carrollton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wakenda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Bosworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Bogard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Palemon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- De Witt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Mandeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Norborne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Asper ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Asper is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
- Hale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Miles Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Braymer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Proctorville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Cowgill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Snyder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Triplett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Triplett is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
- Brunswick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grand River City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grand River City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
- Missouri Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
- Mendon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mendon is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Sumner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dalton is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Namrash ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Namrash is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
- Keytesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rothville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rothville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Chraneville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chraneville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Waverly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Hodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hodge is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
- Dover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Alma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Corder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Page City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Higginsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Concordia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Emma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aullville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Fountain Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Forker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forker
- Meadville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Avalon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Dawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Wheeling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Utica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Utica is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Chillicothe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mooresville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Rockingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rockingham is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Hardin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hardin is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Morton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morton is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Ovid ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ovid is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Georgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Henrietta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Richmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Miami
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Little Osage Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Little Osage Village is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Osage Village
- Grand Pass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Malta Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Blosser ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blosser is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
- Fairville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Mount Leonard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Blackburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Salt Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Salt Springs is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
- Marshall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cretcher
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cretcher is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Standish, see our County-by-County Page for Standish.
Cemeteries Near Standish ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Standish.
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 Standish - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Standish covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Willis Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wakenda Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Adkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cannon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trotter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Pleasant Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wharton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Standish had a population of 40 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Standish, with the one closest to Standish listed first.
- Carrollton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wakenda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wakenda is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
- Bosworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Bogard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palemon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Tina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Sugartree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugartree is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree
- Miami
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coloma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coloma is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- De Witt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- De Witt is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Grand Pass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Mandeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Waverly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
- Malta Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Snyder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Standish. See our List of 1890's Communities around Standish.
Newspapers Published in Standish ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Standish.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Standish, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Standish.
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 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 Standish:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Chariton County
- Lafayette County
- Linn County
- Livingston County
- Ray County
- Saline County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Standish, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Standish) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |