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 Wimmer (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 Wimmer. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Wimmer is located in Barton 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 Barton County: Crawford (KS), Cedar, Dade, Jasper & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Wimmer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wimmer:
- Barton County (The home county of Wimmer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wimmer, with the one closest to Wimmer listed first.
- Liberal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mindenmines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burgess
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burgess is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Oakton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakton is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Lamar Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Nashville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Irwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Lamar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kenoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Bushnell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Layneville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Layneville is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wimmer, with the one closest to Wimmer listed first.
- Jerico Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Virgil City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Virgil City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil City
- Dade County
- Lockwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wimmer, with the one closest to Wimmer listed first.
- Opolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Medoc
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Jasper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Neck City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Asbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Purcell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Alba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Waco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Carytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Oronogo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Carl Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wimmer, with the one closest to Wimmer listed first.
- Bronaugh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Sheldon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moundville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Milo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Milo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Bellamy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Deerfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Nevada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Montevallo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Montevallo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevallo
- Temple ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Temple is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Richards
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Walker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Bourbon County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wimmer, with the one closest to Wimmer listed first.
- Garland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Godfrey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Pawnee Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Edward
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Fort Scott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Hiattville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Hollister
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Ronald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Marmaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Hammond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Redfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wimmer, with the one closest to Wimmer listed first.
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Lawton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Scammon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Badger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Roseland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Carona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- Crestline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Mackie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mackie is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- Skidmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Skidmore is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Crawford County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wimmer, with the one closest to Wimmer listed first.
- Curranville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cornell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Fox Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Yale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Gross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Frontenac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Arma is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arma <1>
- Franklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Capaldo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wimmer, see our County-by-County Page for Wimmer.
Cemeteries Near Wimmer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wimmer.
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 Wimmer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wimmer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wimmer, with the one closest to Wimmer listed first.
- Liberal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barton City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Iantha Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mindenmines Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rosebank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank Cemetery
- The Rosebank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mulberry Cemetery
- Rose Bank Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93543 <2>
- Yale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bakers Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leroy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smilie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Nashville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McKill Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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 Wimmer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wimmer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wimmer, with the one closest to Wimmer listed first.
- Liberal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Iantha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Iantha is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iantha
- Verdella
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Verdella is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdella
- Hannon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hannon is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannon
- Mindenmines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Cornell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Esrom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Esrom is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esrom
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lamar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Irwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Bronaugh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wimmer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wimmer.
Newspapers Published in Wimmer ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wimmer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wimmer, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wimmer.
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 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 Wimmer:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Barton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Dade County
- Jasper County
- Vernon County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford 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 Wimmer, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wimmer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |