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 Wheelers Mill (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 Wheelers Mill. 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.
Name Variations for Wheelers Mill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Wheelers Mill: Wheelers Ml. (or less commonly used: Wheelers Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Wheelers Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wheelers Mill may originally have been Wheeler's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wheelers Mill might be written as Wheeler Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Wheelers Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wheelers Mill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Wheelers Mill is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Wheelers Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wheelers Mill:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Wheelers Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Crocker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Robert
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Waynesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Devils Elbow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Swedeborg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Laquey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laquey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
- Richland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hawkeye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Bloodland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Stoutland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Montreal
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Decaturville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Decaturville is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
- Osage Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cole County
- Teal ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Lecoma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Lake Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lenox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Laclede County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Abo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Abo is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
- Winnipeg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Falcon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sleeper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sleeper is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Lynchburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Brinktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brinktown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
- Vienna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vichy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Lindell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Lanes Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Paydown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Iberia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brumley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ulman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elizabeth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kaiser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscumbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marys Home
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Argyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Meta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Koeltztown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Jerome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Doolittle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Newburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Duke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Rolla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Edgar Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Roby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Sherrill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Plato
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wheelers Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Wheelers Mill.
Cemeteries Near Wheelers Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wheelers Mill.
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 Wheelers Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wheelers Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Lipscomb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vaughn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gasconade Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Turpin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dodds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rayle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gospel Ridge Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (241 more) ...
- Spaulding Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Teeple Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tower 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.<3>
While we didn't find Wheelers Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wheelers Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wheelers Mill, with the one closest to Wheelers Mill listed first.
- Hancock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hancock is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Crocker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dixon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clementine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clementine is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementine
- Franks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Franks is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- Swedeborg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Jerome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Richland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Iberia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hawkeye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Glaize ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Glaize is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaize
- Newburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wheelers Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wheelers Mill.
Newspapers Published in Wheelers Mill ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wheelers Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wheelers Mill, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wheelers Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wheelers Mill:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Camden County
- Cole County
- Dent County
- Laclede County
- Maries County
- Miller County
- Osage County
- Phelps County
- Texas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wheelers Mill, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wheelers Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |