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 Wellington (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 Wellington. 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 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.
Wellington is located in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County: Carroll, Jackson, Johnson, Pettis, Ray & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Wellington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wellington:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Wellington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Waterloo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Napoleon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Lexington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Odessa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mayview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bates City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Page City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Lake Lafayette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Higginsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Corder
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Aullville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Polo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cowgill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Miles Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Miles Point is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
- Norborne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Palemon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Stet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Carrollton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Strasburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Pleasant Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winnebago
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Excelsior Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Missouri City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Prathersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Mosby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Chandler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Liberty
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kearney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glenaire
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Minaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Clinton County
- Converse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Levasy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sibley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grain Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Sni Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sni Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sni Mills
- Blue Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atherton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Hicks City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hicks City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks City
- Lake Tapawingo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Adams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Columbus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Greendoor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greendoor is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendoor
- Kingsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Valley City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valley City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Centerview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Holden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Warrensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dunksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunksburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunksburg
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Camden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fleming
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Henrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Albany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Orrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hardin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Morton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morton is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Rayville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Wood Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Blackburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Little Osage Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Little Osage Village is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Osage Village
- Grand Pass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Pass is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wellington, see our County-by-County Page for Wellington.
Cemeteries Near Wellington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wellington.
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 Wellington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wellington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Martin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wellington City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Foster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- County Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Arnold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smith - Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cravens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ebenezer Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Buckner.
- The Ebenezer Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bone Hill Cemetery
- Ebenezer UCC Cemetery
- Levasy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161426 <2>
- Watkins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wellington had a population of 446 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Wellington had a population of 812 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wellington, with the one closest to Wellington listed first.
- Waterloo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Camden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Myrick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Myrick is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrick
- Fleming
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Napoleon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Greenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenton
- Lexington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Floyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Floyd is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Levasy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Orrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Odessa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Richmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bates City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wellington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wellington.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wellington ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wellington.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wellington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wellington and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wellington.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> of Wellington.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Wellington:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Ray County
- Saline 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> | 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- Wellington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Wellington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |