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 Taos (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 Taos. 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 hospitals and 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.
Taos is located in 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 Taos. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taos:
- Buchanan County (The home county of Taos)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Faucett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- De Kalb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Agency
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Matney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- 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
- Saint Joseph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Easton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Country Club
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Amazonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Cosby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Nodaway
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Helena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Savannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Smithville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Barry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barry is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Holt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Acme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Acme is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Linden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Linden is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Roosterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Gladstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kearney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Oakview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakview is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Oakwood Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Park is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Oakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Gower
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Trimble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Starfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Plattsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lilly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Turney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Converse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Stewartsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Osborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Union Star
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Holt County
- Forbes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Dearborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Camden Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iatan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iatan is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Sugar Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Edgerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Platte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Platte is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Weston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tracy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Ridgely
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Platte City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Leavenworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- Stillings
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stillings is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- Atchison County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Oak Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Port Williams
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Atchison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Potter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Cummings
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Lancaster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Huron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Monrovia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Effingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Elwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Palermo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Doniphan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Wathena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Brenner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Troy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Bendena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Fanning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Denton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Severance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Jefferson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Nortonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Kickapoo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Lowemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Leavenworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bain City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Easton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lansing is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,954 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <1>
- Highland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Springdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Fairmount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount has also been known as:
- Fairmont Village
- Jarbalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Hoge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- Basehor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Basehor is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basehor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,656 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basehor <1>
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Wallula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
- Piper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taos, see our County-by-County Page for Taos.
Cemeteries Near Taos ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taos.
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 Taos - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taos covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Willis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Faucett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Judy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Ground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Collier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hackett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sparta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Taos in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Taos.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taos, with the one closest to Taos listed first.
- Halleck
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Halleck is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
- Wallace
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wallace is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Faucett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dearborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- De Kalb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Agency
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Platte River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Platte River is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte River
- Kenmoor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kenmoor is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmoor
- Dye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dye is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Matney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Halls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Halls is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Woodruff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Camden Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taos. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taos.
Newspapers Published in Taos ...
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 192 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taos.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taos, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Taos.
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 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 Taos:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Buchanan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Atchison County
- Doniphan County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Wyandotte 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 Taos, 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 from Point A (ie- Taos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |