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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Whitesville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Whitesville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Whitesville, 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 Whitesville (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 Whitesville. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Whitesville is historic, it would have been located within present day Andrew 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 Andrew County: Doniphan (KS), Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt & Nodaway.
Below are the counties that are near Whitesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitesville:
- Andrew County (The home county of Whitesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- Rea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Rosendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bolckow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Helena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Savannah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Cosby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Fillmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Amazonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Nodaway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Country Club
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Easton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Saxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Matney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Agency
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Clinton County
- Starfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Daviess County
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- Union Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Winslow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Clarksdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Fairport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Amity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Maysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stewartsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Rosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Weatherby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Osborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- Island City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- King City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ford City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Stanberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alanthus Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Darlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Gentryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Albany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gentry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gentry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- McFall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- New Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Maitland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Forbes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Forest City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mound City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bigelow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- Guilford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conception
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Arkoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Graham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Ravenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Maryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Skidmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Orrsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Parnell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pickering
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pickering is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Worth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oxford is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Worth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Prohibition City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- Elwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Blair
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Palermo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Troy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Fanning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Sparks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Iowa Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitesville, see our County-by-County Page for Whitesville.
Cemeteries Near Whitesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitesville.
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 Whitesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- McGlothlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGlothlin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McGlothlin Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Wyeth.
- The McGlothlin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bowman Cemetery
- McLaughlin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987591 <4>
- Flag Springs Cumberland Presbyterian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Empire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bedford Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coffman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Groves Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Platte Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mize II Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolckow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bolckow Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bolckow.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #240131 <4>
- Weathermon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jackson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kellogg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Union Star Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hammer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Meekers Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.
Whitesville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 225 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitesville, with the one closest to Whitesville listed first.
- Rea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Flag Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flag Springs is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Springs
- Cawood ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cawood is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Empire Prairie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Empire Prairie is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Prairie
- Rosendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bolckow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Douglas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Guilford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Union Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Island City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Barnard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Savannah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Helena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- King City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitesville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Whitesville ...
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 200 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitesville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Whitesville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Whitesville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Whitesville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Whitesville.
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 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 Whitesville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Andrew County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Worth County
- Doniphan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Whitesville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitesville) 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. |