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 Wayland (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 Wayland. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Wayland is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Lee (IA), Van Buren (IA), Hancock (IL), Knox, Lewis & Scotland.
Below are the counties that are near Wayland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wayland:
- Clark County (The home county of Wayland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Francisville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
- Clark City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clark City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark City
- Alexandria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kahoka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Revere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dumas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dumas is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Peaksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Saint Patrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Patrick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Medill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Medill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medill
- Neeper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Neeper is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeper
- Athens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Athens is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Chambersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chambersburg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Colony
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Colony is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Forest Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Rutledge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jeddo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jeddo is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Knox City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Williamstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Williamstown is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Monticello is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Sellers
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sellers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- New Court Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- New Court Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Court Village
- La Grange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lewistown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gilead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gilead is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Weber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Weber is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- La Belle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Argola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Argola is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argola
- Scotland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Granger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Granger is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Arbela
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gorin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gorin is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorin
- South Gorin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Gorin is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gorin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Lee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Vincennes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vincennes is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
- Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Keokuk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sandusky
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- New Boston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Boston is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Montrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Charleston is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Galland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Galland is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galland
- Croton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Croton is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Jeffersonville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffersonville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
- Donnellson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Van Buren County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bonaparte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Sterling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cantril
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keosauqua
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adams County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Meyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Meyer is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer
- Lima
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marcelline
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marcelline is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcelline
- Ursa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loraine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mendon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Warsaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hamilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nauvoo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sutter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sutter is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter
- Elvaston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Powellton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Powellton is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Basco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Niota
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ferris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Adrian
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carthage
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Point is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wayland, see our County-by-County Page for Wayland.
Cemeteries Near Wayland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wayland.
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 Wayland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wayland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Weaver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Frazee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Yellow Banks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clark City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Honey Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (372 more) ...
- Mitts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sisson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bash Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Wayland had a population of 64 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Wayland had a population of 506 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wayland, with the one closest to Wayland listed first.
- Sugar Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sugar Creek is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Saint Francisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Francisville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
- Winchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Winchester is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Clark City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clark City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark City
- Antioch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Alexandria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Mooar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mooar is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooar
- Vincennes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vincennes is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
- Kahoka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Warsaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Summitville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Revere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Patrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Patrick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Dumas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dumas is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wayland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wayland.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wayland ...
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 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wayland.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wayland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wayland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wayland.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Wayland.
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 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 Wayland:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Knox County
- Lewis County
- Scotland County
- Lee County
- Van Buren County
- Adams County
- Hancock 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 Wayland, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wayland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |