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 Trenton (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 Trenton. 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.
Trenton is located in Grundy County and is the County Seat.
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 Trenton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trenton:
- Grundy County (The home county of Trenton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Tindall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tindall is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Dunlap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Hickory Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Brimson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Laredo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Galt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spickard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Breckenridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Nettleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Proctorville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Jamesport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Lock Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Jameson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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
- Gallatin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pattonsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Altamont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Gilman City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Moriah
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Bethany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gardner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gardner is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Cainsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cainsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Ridgeway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Haseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Browning
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Purdin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Meadville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Linneus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Fountain Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Laclede
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Farmersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Chula
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chillicothe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mooresville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mooresville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Utica
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Dawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ludlow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Bedford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Avalon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Modena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Modena is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Princeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ravanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ravanna is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna
- Mercer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burrows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burrows is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Humphreys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Osgood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Osgood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Harris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Boynton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boynton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trenton, see our County-by-County Page for Trenton.
Cemeteries Near Trenton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trenton.
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 Trenton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trenton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Roselawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Masonic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lancaster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Resthaven Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Memorial Gardens
- The Resthaven Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Resthaven Cemetery
- Grummond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Drummond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCammon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Metcalf Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- County Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Grundy Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- George Peery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Skinner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Trenton had a population of 5,039 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Trenton had a population of 5,620 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trenton, with the one closest to Trenton listed first.
- Wyandotte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyandotte is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- Edinburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Tindall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tindall is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Hickory Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Dunlap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Shott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shott is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shott
- Farmersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Buttsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Buttsville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttsville
- Laredo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Niantic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Niantic is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niantic
- Alpha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alpha is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Galt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Spickard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jamesport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chula
(12 miles [19.3 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 Trenton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trenton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Trenton ...
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 154 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trenton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Trenton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Trenton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Trenton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Trenton.
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 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 Trenton:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Grundy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Daviess County
- Harrison County
- Linn County
- Livingston County
- Mercer County
- Sullivan 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 Trenton, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Trenton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |