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 Holt (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 Holt. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Holt is located in Taylor County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taylor County: Adams, Page, Ringgold, Nodaway (MO) & Worth (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Holt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holt:
- Taylor County (The home county of Holt)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Guss
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Sharpsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Lenox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gravity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Ladoga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conway is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Clearfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Market
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Market is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Bedford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Siam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Blockton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blockton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Athelstan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Gilead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Bridgewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Orient
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fontanelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fontanelle is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Iveyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Iveyville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iveyville
- Corning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mercer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Brooks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Queen City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Queen City is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Nodaway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Quincy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Prescott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Carbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Strand
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strand is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Mount Etna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Etna is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Dewey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dewey is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Massena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lyman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lyman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cumberland is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Villisca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Junction ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clarinda Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarinda Junction
- Tenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Sciola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sciola is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciola
- Stanton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Red Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Elliott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Hawleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
- Hepburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Clarinda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shambaugh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Yorktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Nyman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Braddyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- College Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Essex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coin is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Ringgold County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Diagonal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Knowlton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Knowlton is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
- Maloy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maloy is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maloy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Delphos
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delphos is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
- Redding
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redding is located in Ringgold County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Tingley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Ayr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Kent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Cromwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Creston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Creston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Creston is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Creston
- Shannon City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shannon City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Arispe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Arispe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arispe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Afton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nodaway County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Hopkins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gaynor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
- Clearmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Worth County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Sheridan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Irena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Irena is located in Worth County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holt, see our County-by-County Page for Holt.
Cemeteries Near Holt ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holt.
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 Holt - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Prairie Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blue Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Methodist Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Guss Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Brooks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brooks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tando - Winslow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Icarian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Old Queen City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baldwin Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Brooks.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94202 <2>
- Washington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Holt had a population of 82 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Iveyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Iveyville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iveyville
- Guss
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guss is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guss
- Corning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brooks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Sharpsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Nodaway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nodaway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Gravity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Lenox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Quincy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Ladoga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ladoga is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conway is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Carbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Prescott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Villisca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hawleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hawleyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holt.
Newspapers Published in Holt ...
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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holt.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holt, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holt.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Holt:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Taylor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Adams County
- Cass County
- Montgomery County
- Page County
- Ringgold County
- Union County
- Nodaway County
- Worth County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Holt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |