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 Whitten (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 Whitten. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Whitten is located in Gentry 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 Gentry County: Andrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Harrison, Nodaway & Worth.
Below are the counties that are near Whitten. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitten:
- Gentry County (The home county of Whitten)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitten, with the one closest to Whitten listed first.
- Gentryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- Albany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McFall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Darlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Lone Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Ford City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Siloam Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Siloam Springs is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Springs
- Gentry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gentry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Stanberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- King City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Island City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Alanthus Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitten, with the one closest to Whitten listed first.
- Helena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Bolckow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Cosby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rosendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caldwell County
- Kidder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clinton County
- Cameron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitten, with the one closest to Whitten listed first.
- Pattonsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coffey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coffey is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Jameson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Winston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altamont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Mabel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Gallatin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jamesport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitten, with the one closest to Whitten listed first.
- Fairport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Santa Rosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Winslow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winslow is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Weatherby
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Maysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Union Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Amity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Osborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clarksdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Grundy County
- Brimson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitten, with the one closest to Whitten listed first.
- New Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Martinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Bethany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gardner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gardner is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Gilman City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hatfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hatfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Eagleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blythedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blythedale is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Mount Moriah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitten, with the one closest to Whitten listed first.
- Clyde
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Conception
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ravenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Guilford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Parnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barnard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orrsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Arkoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Worth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitten, with the one closest to Whitten listed first.
- Denver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Denver is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Prohibition City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Worth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Allendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Grant City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Irena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Irena is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ringgold County (IA)
- Redding
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Redding is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Taylor County (IA)
- Athelstan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitten, see our County-by-County Page for Whitten.
Cemeteries Near Whitten ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitten.
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 Whitten - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitten covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitten, with the one closest to Whitten listed first.
- Mt. Zion East / Brushy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion East / Brushy Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion East / Brushy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brushy Cemetery
- Mt. Zion East Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ernst Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst Cemetery
- The Ernst Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ernst / Quigley Cemetery
- Shull / Culp / Davidson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shull / Culp / Davidson Cemetery
- The Shull / Culp / Davidson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Culp Cemetery
- Davidson Cemetery
- Shull Cemetery
- Old Friendship / Fore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Friendship / Fore Cemetery
- The Old Friendship / Fore Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fore Cemetery
- Old Friendship Cemetery
- Gentryville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gentryville Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Gentryville.
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandville / Hardin / Kurtright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bulla Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McFall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Albany City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Gribble Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grandview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grandview Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Albany.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28978 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Whitten had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitten, with the one closest to Whitten listed first.
- Evona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evona is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evona
- Gentryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- McFall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Matkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Matkins is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matkins
- Albany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- New Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- McCurry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McCurry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCurry
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Ellenorah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ellenorah is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenorah
- Pattonsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Voyage ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Voyage is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyage
- Fairport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Santa Rosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitten. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitten.
Newspapers Published in Whitten ...
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 156 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitten.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitten, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitten.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Whitten:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Gentry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Caldwell County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Grundy County
- Harrison County
- Nodaway County
- Worth County
- Ringgold County
- Taylor 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> | 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 Whitten, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitten) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |