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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 Timber (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 Timber. 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.

Timber is located in Shannon 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 Shannon County: Carter, Dent, Howell, Oregon, Reynolds & Texas.

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

  • Shannon County     (The home county of Timber)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timber, with the one closest to Timber listed first.
    • Round Spring
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
    • Akers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Akers is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
    • Alley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Alley is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
    • Eminence
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Birch Tree
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Winona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Montier
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Montier is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Crawford County
    • Dillard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dillard is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timber, with the one closest to Timber listed first.
    • Gila
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Gila is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
    • Jadwin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jadwin is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
    • Bunker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Darien
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Darien is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
    • Doss
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Doss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
    • Jack
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jack is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
    • Salem
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Coulstone
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Coulstone is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
    • Boss
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Boss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
    • Howes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Howes is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
    • Lenox
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lenox is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Sligo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Sligo is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
  • Howell County
    • Mountain View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Iron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timber, with the one closest to Timber listed first.
    • Bixby
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Viburnum
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Reynolds County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timber, with the one closest to Timber listed first.
    • Greeley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Greeley is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
    • Bee Fork
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Bee Fork is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Fork
    • Corridon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Corridon is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corridon
    • Reynolds
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Reynolds is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
    • Fruit City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Fruit City is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit City
    • Oates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Oates is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oates
    • Centerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Ellington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Redford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Redford is located in Reynolds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
    • Black
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Texas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timber, with the one closest to Timber listed first.
    • Hartshorn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Summersville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Eunice
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymondville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Yukon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Yukon is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
    • Licking
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Hattie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hattie is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
    • Mineral Springs City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
    • Sherrill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sherrill is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
    • Houston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Solo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Solo is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo

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

Cemeteries Near Timber ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Timber.

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

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

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

  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lone Pine - Piatt Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Chrisco Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Short Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Weese Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Delmar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gray Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bedwell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rector Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Heaton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Halbrook Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Akers Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Akers Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Akers.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1995307 <2>
  • Continue List   (211 more) ...
    • Summer Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bay Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Conway Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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 Timber in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Timber.

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

  • Sinkin ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sinkin is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinkin
  • Round Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
  • Ink
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ink is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ink
  • Gila
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gila is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila
  • Akers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Akers is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Gladden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Gladden is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladden
  • Cedargrove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
  • Jadwin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jadwin is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
  • Custer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Custer is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
  • Nile
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Nile is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nile
  • Alley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Alley is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
  • Darien
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Darien is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hartshorn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
    • Doss
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Doss is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
    • Eminence
      (15 miles [24.1 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 Timber. See our List of 1890's Communities around Timber.

Newspapers Published in Timber ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Timber.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Timber, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Timber.

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 Timber:

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