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 Yucatan (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 Yucatan. 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 and doctors 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.
Yucatan is located in Callaway 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 Callaway County: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Yucatan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yucatan:
- Callaway County (The home county of Yucatan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Williamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Portland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Steedman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kingdom City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auxvasse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mokane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hord ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Hatton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hatton is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Tebbetts
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- New Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lindbergh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Lake Mykee Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- Audrain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Martinsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Benton City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Benton City is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Vandiver
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Vandiver is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Mexico
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rush Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Thompson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Laddonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Farber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Farber is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farber
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Ashland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Oldham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Stephens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Pierpont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Osage City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Jefferson City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Taos
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Berger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kohl City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kohl City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohl City
- Etlah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Etlah is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etlah
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Morrison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gasconade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Hermann
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little Berger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little Berger is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Berger
- Mount Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Lincoln County
- Truxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Truxton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Americus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Danville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bluffton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Starkenburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Big Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Montgomery City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rhineland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Florence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McKittrick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- High Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jonesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bellflower
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bellflower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Chamois
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Bonnots Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Linn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Loose Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- Pendleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pendleton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yucatan, see our County-by-County Page for Yucatan.
Cemeteries Near Yucatan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yucatan.
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 Yucatan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yucatan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Gregory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holiness Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whitehead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garrett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (295 more) ...
- Holt - Covington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Guerrart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Yucatan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yucatan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yucatan, with the one closest to Yucatan listed first.
- Toledo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Toledo is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Readsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Readsville is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readsville
- Williamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reform
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reform is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Calwood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calwood is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calwood
- Mineola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mineola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
- Bachelor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bachelor is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Hams Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hams Prairie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Prairie
- Portland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shamrock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shamrock is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Americus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Callaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Callaway is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway
- Chamois
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bluffton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yucatan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yucatan.
Newspapers Published in Yucatan ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yucatan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yucatan, 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 Yucatan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Yucatan:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Callaway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audrain County
- Boone County
- Cole County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Lincoln County
- Montgomery County
- Osage County
- Warren 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 Yucatan, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yucatan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |