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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Stockdale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Stockdale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stockdale, 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 Stockdale (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 Stockdale. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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 Stockdale is historic, it would have been located within present day Clay 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 Clay County: Wyandotte (KS), Clinton, Jackson, Platte & Ray.

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

  • Clay County     (The home county of Stockdale)
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
    • Polo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cowgill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingston is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
  • Cass County
    • Lee's Summit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Clinton County
  • Jackson County
  • Lafayette County
  • Platte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
    • Northmoor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Northmoor is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
    • Houston Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Houston Lake is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
    • Lake Waukomis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
    • Linkville ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Riverside
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferrelview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Ferrelview is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
    • Platte Woods
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Platte Woods is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
    • Ridgely
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Ridgely is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Parkville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Weatherby Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
    • Edgerton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Platte City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Ray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
    • Crystal Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Excelsior Estates
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Homestead
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Homestead is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Wood Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Wood Heights is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
    • Woods Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lawson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Orrick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Albany
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Albany is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
    • Rayville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Fleming
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fleming is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Camden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Elmira
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Elmira is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
  • Johnson County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
    • Mission Woods
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Westwood Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
    • Westwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Fairway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairway is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairway <2>
    • Roeland Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mission Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
    • Mission
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
      • Former name for Mission:
      • Mission Hill Acres
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <2>
    • Countryside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
    • Prairie Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Leawood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Merriam
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Quivira
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Quivira is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Quivira
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
  • Leavenworth County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockdale, with the one closest to Stockdale listed first.
    • Highland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Lansing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Bain City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Bain City is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
  • Wyandotte County (KS)

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

Cemeteries Near Stockdale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stockdale.

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

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

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

While we didn't find Stockdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stockdale.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Stockdale ...

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 Stockdale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stockdale, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stockdale.

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 Stockdale:

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 Stockdale, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stockdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.