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 Taopi (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 Taopi. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Taopi is located in Mower County.
To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mower County: Howard (IA), Mitchell (IA), Worth (IA), Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn & Olmsted.
Below are the counties that are near Taopi. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taopi:
- Mower County (The home county of Taopi)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- Adams
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Le Roy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsburg is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Elkton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Grand Meadow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rose Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dexter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Renova ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Renova is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Lyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Varco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Varco is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varco
- Racine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Austin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge County
- Hayfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- Ostrander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Etna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- York
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- York is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Wykoff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Carimona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Carimona is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carimona
- Granger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Granger is located in Fillmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Preston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chatfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freeborn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- London
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- London is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Myrtle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Myrtle is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Hayward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Olmsted County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- High Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- High Forest is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
- Stewartville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Dell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rock Dell is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Dell
- Simpson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Simpson is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Shanty Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shanty Town is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Predmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Predmore is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Predmore
- Steele County
- Blooming Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- Alta Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Deerfield is located in Chickasaw County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Floyd County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- Colwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Floyd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Howard County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Riceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lime Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Howard County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Davis Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Corners is located in Howard County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Corners
- Elma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Florenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Florenceville is located in Howard County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenceville
- Vernon Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Springs is located in Howard County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Springs
- Cresco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- Meyer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meyer is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer
- McIntire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McIntire is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Stacyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stacyville is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Little Cedar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Little Cedar is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cedar
- Toeterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Haven is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Saint Ansgar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Osage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osage is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,549 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osage <1>
- Carpenter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenter is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Orchard
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Orchard is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Rock Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Worth County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bolan is located in Worth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolan
- Northwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taopi, see our County-by-County Page for Taopi.
Cemeteries Near Taopi ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taopi.
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 Taopi - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taopi covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marshall Luthern Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Luthern Cemetery
- The Marshall Luthern Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marshall Church Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Cedar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Le Roy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy Cemetery
- The Le Roy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Le Roy Luthern Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bennington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington Cemetery
- The Bennington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Angell Pioneer Cemetery
- Bennington Pioneer Cemetery
- Continue List (208 more) ...
- Union Presbyterian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Taopi had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Taopi had a population of 65 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taopi, with the one closest to Taopi listed first.
- Adams
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bailey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bailey is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Johnsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsburg is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Le Roy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McIntire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McIntire is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Elkton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Stacyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stacyville is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Grand Meadow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rose Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dexter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ostrander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Little Cedar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Little Cedar is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cedar
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Renova ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Renova is located in Mower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Brownville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brownville is located in Mitchell County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
- Riceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taopi. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taopi.
Newspapers Published in Taopi ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taopi.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taopi, 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 Taopi.
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 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 Taopi:
- Websites specific to Minnesota
- Pages specific to Mower County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dodge County
- Fillmore County
- Freeborn County
- Olmsted County
- Steele County
- Chickasaw County
- Floyd County
- Howard County
- Mitchell County
- Worth County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
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 Taopi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Taopi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |