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 Valley Water Mills (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 Valley Water Mills. 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.
Name Variations for Valley Water Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Valley Water Mills: Valley Water Mls. (or less commonly used: Valley Water Mlls.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Valley Water Mills is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Christian, Dade, Dallas, Lawrence, Polk & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Valley Water Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valley Water Mills:
- Greene County (The home county of Valley Water Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Langston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Mumford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
- Strafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Turners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turners is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turners
- Sequiota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sequiota is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequiota
- Fair Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brookline Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Brookline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Battlefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Bois D'Arc
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ash Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Cassidy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Fremont Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
- Nixa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nixa is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
- Former name for Nixa:
- Faught
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <1>
- Pembina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pembina is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembina
- Linden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Linden is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Republic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ozark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sparta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Velsor ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Velsor is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velsor
- Clever
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Billings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bruner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bruner is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Oldfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oldfield is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Everton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dadeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Bona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Corry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Charity ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Charity is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Buffalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Long Lane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Douglas County
- Johns Mills ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
- Laclede County
- Conway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Halltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stinson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Marionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heatonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Heatonville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatonville
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Goodnight
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Goodnight is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Estimated population in 2019: 18 people
- Goodnight has also been known as:
- Goodnight village
- Pleasant Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tin Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tin Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Town
- Brighton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Graydon Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Wishart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Eudora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Halfway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Bolivar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aldrich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aldrich is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldrich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Goodson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Goodson is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Union City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Hurley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ponce de Leon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
- White City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- White City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Bradfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- Oto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oto is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- Crane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Northview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Northview is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Rogersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Conklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
- Crown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Crown is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Elkland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elkland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
- Fordland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marshfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Diggins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Diggins is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Olga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Olga is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Niangua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Niangua is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Sarvis Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sarvis Point is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarvis Point
- Seymour
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valley Water Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Valley Water Mills.
Cemeteries Near Valley Water Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valley Water Mills.
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 Valley Water Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valley Water Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Westmoreland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eastlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bodenhamer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast of Springfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #245971 <2>
- Brick Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maple Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Parsley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (304 more) ...
- Hazelwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Springfield National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kirkwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Valley Water Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valley Water Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valley Water Mills, with the one closest to Valley Water Mills listed first.
- Springfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Langston
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Mumford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
- Hickory Barren
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Barren is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Barren
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Nichols
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Strafford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ritter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ritter is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
- Galloway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Galloway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Fair Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hackney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hackney is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Brookline Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Palace ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace
- Palmetto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valley Water Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley Water Mills.
Newspapers Published in Valley Water Mills ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley Water Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valley Water Mills, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valley Water Mills.
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 helpful 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 Valley Water Mills:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Christian County
- Dade County
- Dallas County
- Douglas County
- Laclede County
- Lawrence County
- Polk County
- Stone County
- Webster 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Valley Water Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Valley Water Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |