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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Wanamaker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wanamaker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wanamaker, please Contact Us.

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 Wanamaker (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 Wanamaker. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Wanamaker is historic, it would have been located within present day Saline 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 Saline County: Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette & Pettis.

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

  • Saline County     (The home county of Wanamaker)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Marshall Junction
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
    • Blue Lick
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Blue Lick is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
    • Herndon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Herndon is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Napton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Napton is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napton
    • Nelson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Nelson is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
    • Cretcher
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cretcher is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
    • Marshall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Sweet Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Salt Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Salt Springs is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
    • Arrow Rock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Leonard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Blosser ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Blosser is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blosser
    • Blackburn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Mora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mora is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
    • Ionia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Ionia is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Wakenda
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Wakenda is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakenda
    • De Witt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • De Witt is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
  • Chariton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Namrash ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Namrash is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namrash
    • Lewis Mill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
  • Cooper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Blackwater
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Clifton City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Clifton City is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton City
    • Harriston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Harriston is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriston
    • Pilot Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lamine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lamine is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine
    • Bellair
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Bellair is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
    • Otterville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Petersburg is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Bunceton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Boonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Lone Elm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lone Elm is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
    • Windsor Place village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Windsor Place village is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Place village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
      • Windsor Place village has also been known as:
      • Windsor Place village
    • Clarks Fork
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Lisbon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lisbon is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Franklin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • New Franklin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Glasgow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fayette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Steinmetz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Steinmetz is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinmetz
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Dunksburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Dunksburg is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunksburg
    • Knob Noster
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Valley City is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Emma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Emma is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emma <2>
    • Concordia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Alma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Alma is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
    • Waverly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Waverly is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
    • Corder
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Aullville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Aullville is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
    • Higginsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Hodge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hodge is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
  • Moniteau County
    • Tipton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Morgan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Syracuse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Florence is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Pettis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.
    • Longwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Longwood is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Tedieville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Tedieville is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
    • Hughesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hughesville is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
    • Houstonia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Houstonia is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
    • Georgetown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Georgetown is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Sedalia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • La Monte
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Smithton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Smithton is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 570 people
    • Spring Fork
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Spring Fork is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Fork
    • Green Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Ridge is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people

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

Cemeteries Near Wanamaker ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wanamaker.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wanamaker, with the one closest to Wanamaker listed first.

  • Cunningham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Witcher Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Longwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Raines Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Millers Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • High Point Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • High Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hazel Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazel Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Herndon.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2133090 <4>
  • Clopton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (177 more) ...
    • Scott Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Memorial Presbyterian Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Antioch 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.

Wanamaker itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Marshall Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
  • Longwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Longwood is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Tedieville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Tedieville is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
  • Blue Lick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Blue Lick is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
  • Postal
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Postal is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postal
  • Ridge Prairie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ridge Prairie is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Prairie
  • Herndon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Herndon is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
  • Houstonia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Houstonia is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
  • Hughesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hughesville is located in Pettis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Nelson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Nelson is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
  • Napton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Napton is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napton
  • Cretcher
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cretcher is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Georgetown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Georgetown is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Beaman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Beaman is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaman
    • Marshall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Wanamaker ...

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 142 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wanamaker.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wanamaker, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wanamaker.

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 Wanamaker:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Wanamaker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Wanamaker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.