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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 Wakenda (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 Wakenda. 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 doctors 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.

Wakenda is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Caldwell, Chariton, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray & Saline.

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

  • Carroll County     (The home county of Wakenda)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wakenda, with the one closest to Wakenda listed first.
    • Carrollton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • De Witt
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • De Witt is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
    • Bosworth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bogard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Palemon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Tina
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Tina is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
    • Norborne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Mandeville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Miles Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Asper ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Asper is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
    • Hale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Stet
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Caldwell County
  • Chariton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wakenda, with the one closest to Wakenda listed first.
    • Grand River City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Grand River City is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
    • Missouri Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
    • Brunswick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Snyder
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Triplett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Namrash ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Namrash is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
    • Dalton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Dalton is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
    • Mendon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mendon is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Keytesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Sumner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Chraneville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Chraneville is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chraneville
    • Lewis Mill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Howard County
  • Johnson County
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wakenda, with the one closest to Wakenda listed first.
    • Waverly
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Waverly is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
    • Hodge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Alma
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Alma is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
    • Dover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Corder
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Page City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Page City is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
    • Emma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Concordia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Higginsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Aullville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Aullville is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Lexington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Mayview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Linn County
  • Livingston County
  • Pettis County
  • Ray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wakenda, with the one closest to Wakenda listed first.
    • Lakeview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lakeview is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Rockingham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hardin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Hardin is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
    • Morton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Ovid ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Georgeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Henrietta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Henrietta is located in Ray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
  • Saline County

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

Cemeteries Near Wakenda ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wakenda.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wakenda, with the one closest to Wakenda 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wakenda had a population of 206 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 1990, Wakenda had a population of 89 people.

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

  • Standish
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Standish is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
  • Carrollton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Miami
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Grand Pass
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Malta Bend
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Blosser ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • De Witt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • De Witt is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
  • Waverly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Waverly is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
  • Stanhope
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stanhope is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
  • Fairville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bosworth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Sugartree
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Sugartree is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bogard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Palemon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mount Leonard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wakenda ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wakenda.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wakenda. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wakenda and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wakenda.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Wakenda.

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 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 Wakenda:

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 Wakenda, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wakenda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.