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 Violet (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 Violet. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Violet is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory & Saint Clair.
Below are the counties that are near Violet. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Violet:
- Polk County (The home county of Violet)
- The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Polk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Goodson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goodson is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sentinel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sentinel is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Former name for Sentinel:
- Sentinel Prairie
- Rondo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rondo is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Flemington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flemington is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Wishart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Brighton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Morrisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnegan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dunnegan is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnegan
- Fair Play
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Camden County
- Macks Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Stockton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Umber View Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Umber View Heights is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umber View Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Caplinger Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Caplinger Mills is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caplinger Mills
- Dade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Bona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bona is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona
- Dadeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Corry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Corry is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corry
- Glen Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Glen Town is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Town
- Everton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Louisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Louisburg is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Buffalo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Urbana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Charity ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Charity is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Tunas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tunas is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunas
- Windyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Windyville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyville
- Long Lane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Leadmine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leadmine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
- Westfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Celt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Celt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Fair Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Phenix ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Phenix is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Phenix has also been known as:
- Phenix Quarry
- Willard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ash Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bois D'Arc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hickory County
- The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nemo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nemo is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Elkton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Galmey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Galmey is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galmey
- Hermitage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Preston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wheatland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Weaubleau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Cross Timbers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cross Timbers is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Avery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Avery is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Conway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Phillipsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Collins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gerster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gerster is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Cobb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vista is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Elkland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elkland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
- Conklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conklin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Violet, see our County-by-County Page for Violet.
Cemeteries Near Violet ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Violet.
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 Violet - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Violet covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Goff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dunaway Cemetery
- The Dunaway Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunaway Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28482 <2>
- Richardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Reed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ragsdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Payne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bolivar City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bolivar City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bolivar.
- The Bolivar City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bolivar Cemetery
- City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146493 <2>
- Mt. Gilread Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Breshears Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Chamberlain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gorden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reynolds 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 Violet in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Violet.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
- Burns
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burns is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Goodson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goodson is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson
- Polk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Polk is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Bolivar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sunset is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sentinel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sentinel is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Former name for Sentinel:
- Sentinel Prairie
- Slagle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Slagle is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagle
- Reynolds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reynolds is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Rondo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rondo is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Schofield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schofield is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Ingalls ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ingalls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Louisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Louisburg is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Violet. See our List of 1890's Communities around Violet.
Newspapers Published in Violet ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Violet.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Violet, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Violet.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Violet:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Polk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Cedar County
- Dade County
- Dallas County
- Greene County
- Hickory County
- Laclede County
- Saint Clair 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> | 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 Violet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Violet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |