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 Yancy Mills (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 Yancy Mills. 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 Yancy Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Yancy Mills: Yancy Mls. (or less commonly used: Yancy Mlls.)
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 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.
Yancy Mills is located in Phelps 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 Phelps County: Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Pulaski & Texas.
Below are the counties that are near Yancy Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yancy Mills:
- Phelps County (The home county of Yancy Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancy Mills, with the one closest to Yancy Mills listed first.
- Edgar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Doolittle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Rolla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jerome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Beulah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Duke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Duke is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
- Saint James
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rosati
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rosati is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosati
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancy Mills, with the one closest to Yancy Mills listed first.
- Cook Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cook Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
- Wesco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wesco is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesco
- Steelville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sankey ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sankey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankey
- Cherryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cuba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Dent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancy Mills, with the one closest to Yancy Mills listed first.
- Lecoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Lake Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Lenox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Howes
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Howes is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howes
- Jack
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jack is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Coulstone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coulstone is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
- Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Darien
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Darien is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Sligo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sligo is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Doss
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Doss is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
- Jadwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jadwin is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
- Gasconade County
- Redbird
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Laclede County
- Winnipeg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancy Mills, with the one closest to Yancy Mills listed first.
- Vichy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Lindell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Brinktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brinktown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
- Lanes Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Vienna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Paydown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancy Mills, with the one closest to Yancy Mills listed first.
- Devils Elbow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Robert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bloodland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
- Dixon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Laquey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Laquey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
- Crocker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Swedeborg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Texas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancy Mills, with the one closest to Yancy Mills listed first.
- Sherrill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Licking
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hazelton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Roby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roby is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
- Success
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plato
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yancy Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Yancy Mills.
Cemeteries Near Yancy Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yancy Mills.
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 Yancy Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yancy Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yancy Mills, with the one closest to Yancy Mills listed first.
- Jackson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Huskey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Corn Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brookshire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kaintuck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Renaud Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hudgens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- Karns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anutt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Yancy Mills had a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yancy Mills, with the one closest to Yancy Mills listed first.
- Lecoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Edgar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Anutt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Anutt is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anutt
- Lake Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Newburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Spring Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Lenox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Rolla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Clementine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clementine is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementine
- Beulah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Jerome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Blooming Rose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blooming Rose is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Rose
- Sherrill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sherrill is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Maples
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maples is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yancy Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yancy Mills.
Newspapers Published in Yancy Mills ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yancy Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yancy Mills, 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 Yancy Mills.
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 Yancy Mills:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Phelps County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Dent County
- Gasconade County
- Laclede County
- Maries County
- Pulaski County
- Texas 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 Yancy Mills, 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 from Point A (ie- Yancy Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |