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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Stockbridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Stockbridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stockbridge, 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 Stockbridge (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 Stockbridge. 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 Stockbridge is historic, it would have been located within present day Buchanan 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 Buchanan County: Atchison (KS), Doniphan (KS), Andrew, Clinton, DeKalb & Platte.
Below are the counties that are near Stockbridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stockbridge:
- Buchanan County (The home county of Stockbridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Easton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Saxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Agency
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Matney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saint Joseph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willow Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Faucett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rushville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Cosby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Country Club
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Amazonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Savannah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nodaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Rosendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Fillmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Caldwell County
- Kidder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Smithville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Holt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Gower
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Starfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Plattsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Trimble
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Turney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cameron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lathrop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Converse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Mabel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Winston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Clarksdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Stewartsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Amity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Osborn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Union Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Maysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Fairport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Weatherby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Santa Rosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- King City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Island City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Ford City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Forbes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Guilford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Dearborn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Camden Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ridgely
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Woodruff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Sugar Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iatan is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Tracy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- West Platte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Platte is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Weston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Platte City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ferrelview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Atchison County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Atchison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Port Williams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Elwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Palermo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Blair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Brenner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Doniphan
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Fanning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Moray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Bendena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Sparks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- Kickapoo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stockbridge, see our County-by-County Page for Stockbridge.
Cemeteries Near Stockbridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stockbridge.
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 Stockbridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stockbridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- Minor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kessler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blakely Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Moxley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Easton.
- Bowen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Courtney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Todd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Thornton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Karns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ozenberger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozenberger Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ozenberger Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the northeast of Saint Joseph.
- The Ozenberger Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30714 <3>
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.
Stockbridge itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stockbridge, with the one closest to Stockbridge listed first.
- San Antonio
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- San Antonio is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Easton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Garrettsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garrettsburg is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Bayfield ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bayfield is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
- Clair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clair is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
- Saxton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Hemple
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hemple is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemple
- Clarksdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Boxford ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boxford is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxford
- Cosby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Matney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Agency
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Frazier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frazier is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Stewartsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stockbridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stockbridge.
Newspapers Published in Stockbridge ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stockbridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stockbridge, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stockbridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Stockbridge:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Buchanan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Caldwell County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Platte County
- Atchison County
- Doniphan County
- Leavenworth 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 Stockbridge, 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> | 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. |
| <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- Stockbridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |