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 Holliday Landing (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 Holliday Landing. 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 Holliday Landing ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Holliday Landing: Holliday Lndg. (or less commonly used: Holliday Lndng.)
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.
Holliday Landing is located in Wayne County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wayne County: Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Iron, Madison, Reynolds & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Holliday Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holliday Landing:
- Wayne County (The home county of Holliday Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Shook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <2>
- Dees Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Williamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Williamsville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsville <2>
- Silva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- Wappapello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wappapello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wappapello
- Wappapello is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wappapello <2>
- Hiram
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Lowndes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - McGee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Bounds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Patterson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Patterson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patterson <2>
- Clubb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Gipsy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Buchanan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Zalma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Greenbrier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Sturdivant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sturdivant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Grassy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Glenallen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Marble Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
- Marble Hill is located in Bollinger County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble Hill <2>
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Rombauer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Poplar Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bluff
- Poplar Bluff is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar Bluff <2>
- Kelly Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Fisk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fisk is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisk <2>
- Harviell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harviell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harviell
- Harviell is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harviell <2>
- Broseley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broseley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broseley
- Broseley is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broseley <2>
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Ellsinore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellsinore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsinore
- Ellsinore is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellsinore <2>
- Grandin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Des Arc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
- Des Arc is located in Iron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Vulcan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Annapolis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annapolis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Annapolis is located in Iron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Annapolis <2>
- Sabula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabula
- Sabula is located in Iron County
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Saco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Marquand
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Fairdealing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairdealing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Gamburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Puxico
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puxico have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puxico
- Puxico is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Puxico <2>
- Leora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Dudley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Brownwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Advance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Advance is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Advance <2>
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bloomfield is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomfield <2>
- Tillman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Dexter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dexter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Dexter is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,839 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holliday Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Holliday Landing.
Cemeteries Near Holliday Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holliday Landing.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holliday Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Garrison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garrison Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garrison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kite Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Estes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Estes Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Estes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kirk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirk Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Twidwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Twidwell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Twidwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Smoot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smoot Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smoot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Page Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Page Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Page Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cool Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cool Spring Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cool Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (310 more) ...
- Thornton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thornton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thornton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Davidson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davidson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davidson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sloan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sloan Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sloan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Thornton Cemetery
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>
While we didn't find Holliday Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holliday Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holliday Landing, with the one closest to Holliday Landing listed first.
- Taskee Station ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taskee Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taskee Station
- Taskee Station is located in Wayne County
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <2>
- Williamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Williamsville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsville <2>
- Keeners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Hendrickson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendrickson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson
- Hendrickson is located in Butler County
- Kerrigan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Wappapello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wappapello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wappapello
- Wappapello is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wappapello <2>
- Barlow ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Lowndes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Bounds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Patterson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Patterson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patterson <2>
- Upalika
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hilliard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Mingo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Mill Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
- Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Hilliard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holliday Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holliday Landing.
Newspapers Published in Holliday Landing ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holliday Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holliday Landing, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holliday Landing.
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 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 Holliday Landing:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Butler County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Carter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iron County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Madison County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Ripley County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Stoddard County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bollinger County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Wayne County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Wayne County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holliday Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Holliday Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Holliday Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holliday Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0362, Longitude: -90.4229 In this case, the coordinates for Holliday Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |