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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 Yolo (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 Yolo. 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 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.

Yolo is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Bates, Benton, Cass, Johnson, Pettis & Saint Clair.

Below are the counties that are near Yolo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yolo:

  • Henry County     (The home county of Yolo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yolo, with the one closest to Yolo listed first.
    • Calhoun
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Calhoun is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
    • Windsor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Tightwad
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Tightwad is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightwad
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
    • Alberta
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Bowen is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
    • Clinton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Brownington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brownington is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Deepwater
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • La Due
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • La Due is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Due
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 28 people
    • Maurine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Maurine is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurine
    • Norris
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hartwell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Hartwell is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell
  • Bates County
  • Benton County
  • Cass County
  • Hickory County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yolo, with the one closest to Yolo listed first.
    • Avery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Quincy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Quincy is located in Hickory County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yolo, with the one closest to Yolo listed first.
    • Henrietta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Leeton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornelia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Chilhowee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Chilhowee is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
    • Knob Noster
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Warrensburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Quick City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Quick City is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
    • Valley City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Valley City is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
  • Morgan County
  • Pettis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yolo, with the one closest to Yolo listed first.
    • Green Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Ridge is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
    • Spring Fork
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Fork is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Fork
    • La Monte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sedalia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hughesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hughesville is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Saint Clair County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yolo, see our County-by-County Page for Yolo.

Cemeteries Near Yolo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yolo.

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 Yolo - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yolo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yolo, with the one closest to Yolo listed first.

  • McIntire Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Tebo Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Baugh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Calhoun Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Combs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tindle Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clover Dale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Laurel Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Askins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (233 more) ...
    • Chipman Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Osborn Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Woodard Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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.<2>

While we didn't find Yolo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yolo.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Yolo, with the one closest to Yolo listed first.

  • Leesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Leesville is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
  • Palo Pinto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Calhoun
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Calhoun is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
  • Windsor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Alberta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lincoln
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Quarles
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Quarles is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarles
  • Henrietta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Ionia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ionia is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Clinton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Finey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Finey is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finey
  • Leeton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Shawnee Mound
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Shawnee Mound is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Mound
    • Tackner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Ridge is located in Pettis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yolo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yolo.

Newspapers Published in Yolo ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yolo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yolo, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yolo.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Yolo:

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>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 Yolo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Yolo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.