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 Stringtown (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 Stringtown. 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 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.
Stringtown is located in Butler County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties 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 Stringtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stringtown:
- Butler County (The home county of Stringtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Harviell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harviell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harviell
- Harviell is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harviell <2>
- Kelly Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Poplar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bluff
- Poplar Bluff is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar Bluff <2>
- Neelyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neelyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyville
- Neelyville is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neelyville <2>
- Rombauer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Broseley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broseley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broseley
- Broseley is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broseley <2>
- Oglesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Fisk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fisk is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisk <2>
- Qulin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Fagus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Grandin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Ellsinore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellsinore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsinore
- Ellsinore is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellsinore <2>
- Chicopee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Chicopee is located in Carter County
- Van Buren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Buren have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Van Buren is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 798 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Buren <2>
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Fairdealing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairdealing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Gamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Naylor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Oxly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Doniphan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doniphan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Doniphan is located in Ripley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,919 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doniphan <2>
- Current View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Current View is located in Ripley County
- Briar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Bennett
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Bennett is located in Ripley County
- Ponder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Gatewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Bardley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Dudley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Puxico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puxico have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puxico
- Puxico is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Puxico <2>
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Williamsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Williamsville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsville <2>
- Dees Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Wappapello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wappapello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wappapello
- Wappapello is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wappapello <2>
- Mill Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
- Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Shook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <2>
- Piedmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Piedmont is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <2>
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Patterson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patterson <2>
- Silva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- McGee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Moark
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Current View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Current View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Current View is located in Clay County (AR)
- Success
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Corning
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Corning is located in Clay County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <2>
- McDougal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Datto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Pollard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pollard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Pollard is located in Clay County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pollard <2>
- Knobel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Randolph County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Middlebrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook
- Middlebrook is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Reyno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Reyno is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Maynard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Maynard is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Supply
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stringtown, see our County-by-County Page for Stringtown.
Newspapers Published in Stringtown ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stringtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stringtown, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stringtown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Stringtown:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Ripley County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Stoddard County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clay County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Randolph County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Carter County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Butler County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Butler County
Cemeteries Near Stringtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stringtown.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stringtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Houts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Houts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Houts Cemetery
- Military Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Military Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Military Cemetery
- Bay Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bay Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay Springs Cemetery
- Dickens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickens Cemetery
- Lone Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Hill Cemetery
- Sparkman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sparkman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sparkman Cemetery
- Cochran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cochran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cochran Cemetery
- Kearbey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kearbey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kearbey Cemetery
- Sheppard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheppard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheppard Cemetery
- Montgomery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montgomery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montgomery Cemetery
- Hudgens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hudgens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hudgens Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collins Cemetery
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Arnold Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arnold Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arnold Cemetery
- Kinsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kinsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kinsey Cemetery
- Dunning Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunning Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunning Cemetery
- Arnold Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Stringtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stringtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stringtown, with the one closest to Stringtown listed first.
- Belcher ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Roxie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Halloran
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Fairdealing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairdealing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Gamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Harviell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harviell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harviell
- Harviell is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harviell <2>
- Poplar Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bluff
- Poplar Bluff is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar Bluff <2>
- Hilliard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Hendrickson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendrickson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson
- Hendrickson is located in Butler County
- Keeners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Upalika
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Ripley County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Neelyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neelyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyville
- Neelyville is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neelyville <2>
- Grandin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Doniphan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doniphan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Doniphan is located in Ripley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,919 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doniphan <2>
- Neelyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stringtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stringtown.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stringtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stringtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stringtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7528, Longitude: -90.5829 In this case, the coordinates for Stringtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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 Stringtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |