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 Tarsney (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 Tarsney. 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 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.
Tarsney is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Johnson (KS), Wyandotte (KS), Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Tarsney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tarsney:
- Jackson County (The home county of Tarsney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Lake Lotawana
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cockrell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cockrell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrell
- Sni Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sni Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sni Mills
- Grain Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lone Jack
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hicks City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks City
- Lake Tapawingo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Unity Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Baldwin Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Strasburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Coleman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Raymore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Lynne
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gunn City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gunn City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Belton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrelson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Peculiar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Sugar Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Missouri City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Kansas City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Avondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Claycomo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Glenaire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Kansas City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Henry County
- Blairstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blairstown is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Kingsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Holden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greendoor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Greendoor is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendoor
- La Tour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- La Tour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
- Latour
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Latour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Centerview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Quick City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quick City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
- Warrensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Bates City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Odessa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mayview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Higginsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Page City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Aullville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Northmoor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Waukomis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Parkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Orrick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fleming
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Camden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Crystal Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Rayville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Leawood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fairway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mission Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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 Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Prairie Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westwood Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Roeland Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Countryside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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 <1>
- Overland Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Merriam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Miami County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Wea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wea is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Bucyrus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Argentine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Kansas City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Turner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Morris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tarsney, see our County-by-County Page for Tarsney.
Cemeteries Near Tarsney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tarsney.
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 Tarsney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tarsney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Perdue Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Alley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gosney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Koger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Corn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Purdee Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Valley Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sni Mills Holiness Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Corn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Cemetery
- The Corn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Henry Corn Cemetery
- George Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (297 more) ...
- Bridges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cowherd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Soldiers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Tarsney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tarsney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tarsney, with the one closest to Tarsney listed first.
- Cockrell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cockrell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrell
- Sni Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sni Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sni Mills
- Lone Jack
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grain Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hicks City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hicks City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks City
- Blue Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pink Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pink Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Hill
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Bates City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lee's Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Avon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Avon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Fulkerson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fulkerson is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulkerson
- Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tarsney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tarsney.
Newspapers Published in Tarsney ...
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 201 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tarsney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tarsney, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tarsney.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Tarsney:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Henry County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Miami 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> | 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- Tarsney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tarsney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |