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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 Tindall (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 Tindall. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Tindall is located in Grundy 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 Grundy County: Daviess, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer & Sullivan.

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

  • Grundy County     (The home county of Tindall)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tindall, with the one closest to Tindall listed first.
    • Spickard
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Trenton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Brimson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Brimson is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
    • Dunlap
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Galt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Laredo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Laredo is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Caldwell County
  • Daviess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tindall, with the one closest to Tindall listed first.
    • Bancroft
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jamesport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Coffey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Coffey is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Jameson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lock Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Gallatin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pattonsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tindall, with the one closest to Tindall listed first.
    • Gilman City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Mount Moriah
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Cainsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gardner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ridgeway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Akron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Blythedale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Blythedale is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
    • Eagleville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tindall, with the one closest to Tindall listed first.
    • Haseville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Browning
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Purdin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Purdin is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
    • Linneus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Linneus is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
    • Meadville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tindall, with the one closest to Tindall listed first.
    • Farmersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Chula
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Chula is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <1>
    • Chillicothe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Utica
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Utica is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Wheeling
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wheeling is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
    • Mooresville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Mooresville is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Mercer County
  • Putnam County
    • Lucerne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lucerne is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Sullivan County
  • Decatur County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tindall, with the one closest to Tindall listed first.
    • Pleasanton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Morgan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Wayne County (IA)
    • Lineville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lineville is located in Wayne County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people

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

Cemeteries Near Tindall ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tindall.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tindall, with the one closest to Tindall 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tindall had a population of 65 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Tindall had a population of 74 people.

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

  • Shott
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Shott is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shott
  • Wyandotte
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wyandotte is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
  • Buttsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Buttsville is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttsville
  • Trenton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Spickard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Edinburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Edinburg is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Dunlap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Modena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mill Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mill Grove is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Grove
  • Hickory Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Galt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Half Rock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Half Rock is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Rock
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Laredo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Laredo is located in Grundy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Bolton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Bolton is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
    • Bancroft
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Tindall ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tindall.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tindall, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tindall.

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 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 Tindall:

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>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 Tindall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Tindall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.