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Introduction ...

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

We've added Teal to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Teal, 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 Teal (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 Teal. 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 Teal is historic, it would have been located within present day Cole 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 Cole County: Boone, Callaway, Miller, Moniteau & Osage.

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

  • Cole County     (The home county of Teal)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teal, with the one closest to Teal listed first.
    • Saint Thomas
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Henley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Henley is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
    • Hickory Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Eugene
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Wardsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Decatur
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Taos
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Taos is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
    • Scruggs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lohman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Russellville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Saint Martins
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Saint Martins is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
    • Osage City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Osage City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teal, with the one closest to Teal listed first.
    • Hartsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Oldham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Ashland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Callaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teal, with the one closest to Teal listed first.
    • Cedar City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • Holts Summit
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Lake Mykee Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
      • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
    • Tebbetts
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Folsom
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • New Bloomfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Mokane
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teal, with the one closest to Teal listed first.
    • Lake Ozark
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Osage Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Shawnee Bend
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Four Seasons
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Damsel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Damsel is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damsel
  • Maries County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teal, with the one closest to Teal listed first.
    • Brinktown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Brinktown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
    • Vienna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Paydown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Lindell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Belle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lanes Prairie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Vichy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Vichy is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
  • Miller County
  • Moniteau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teal, with the one closest to Teal listed first.
    • High Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • McGirk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • McGirk is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
    • California
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Latham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Latham is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
  • Morgan County
  • Osage County
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teal, with the one closest to Teal listed first.
    • Hawkeye
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Dixon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
    • Crocker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Swedeborg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg

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

Cemeteries Near Teal ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Teal.

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

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

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

Teal itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Saint Thomas
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
  • Babbtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Babbtown is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbtown
  • Marys Home
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Saint Elizabeth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Osage Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Osage Bluff is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Bluff
  • Bass
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bass is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
  • Hickory Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Honey Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Honey Creek is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
  • Van Cleve
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Van Cleve is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Cleve
  • Koeltztown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Wardsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Wardsville is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
  • Spring Garden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Spring Garden is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Teal ...

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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Teal.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Teal, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Teal.

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 Teal:

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 Teal, 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- Teal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.