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 Verdella (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 Verdella. 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.
Verdella is located in Barton 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 Barton County: Crawford (KS), Cedar, Dade, Jasper & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Verdella. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Verdella:
- Barton County (The home county of Verdella)
- The following are listed by their distance from Verdella, with the one closest to Verdella listed first.
- Liberal
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Irwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Burgess
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burgess is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Lamar Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Oakton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Lamar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mindenmines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Bushnell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Kenoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Layneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Verdella, with the one closest to Verdella listed first.
- Virgil City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Virgil City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
- Jerico Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- El Dorado Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willowville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willowville is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville
- Dade County
- Lockwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Verdella, with the one closest to Verdella listed first.
- Jasper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Opolis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Medoc
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Asbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Carytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Neck City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Alba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Purcell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Oronogo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Brooklyn Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Carl Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Verdella, with the one closest to Verdella listed first.
- Bronaugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Sheldon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moundville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Milo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Bellamy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Deerfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Nevada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Montevallo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montevallo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevallo
- Temple ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Temple is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Richards
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Walker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Horton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Horton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Metz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Metz is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Bourbon County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Verdella, with the one closest to Verdella listed first.
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Edward
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Godfrey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Pawnee Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Fort Scott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Ronald
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Hollister
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Hiattville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Hammond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Marmaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Redfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Verdella, with the one closest to Verdella listed first.
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Lawton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Scammon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Verdella, with the one closest to Verdella listed first.
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Mulberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Coalvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Gross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Curranville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Fox Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Yale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Cornell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Arma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Arma is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <1>
- Dry Wood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Englevale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Verdella, see our County-by-County Page for Verdella.
Cemeteries Near Verdella ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Verdella.
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 Verdella - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Verdella covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Verdella, with the one closest to Verdella listed first.
- Barton City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Liberal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bakers Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iantha Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Worsley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Avola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McKill Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- Leroy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McMullin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Verdella had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Verdella, with the one closest to Verdella listed first.
- Hannon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hannon is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannon
- Liberal
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Bronaugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Iantha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Iantha is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iantha
- Irwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Sheldon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mulberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Moundville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Mindenmines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lamar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Milo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Yale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Verdella. See our List of 1890's Communities around Verdella.
Newspapers Published in Verdella ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Verdella.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Verdella, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Verdella.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Verdella:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Barton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Dade County
- Jasper County
- Vernon County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford 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> | 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 Verdella, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Verdella) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |