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 (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. 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 and hospitals 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.
Holliday is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Audrain, Macon, Marion, Ralls, Randolph & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Holliday. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holliday:
- Monroe County (The home county of Holliday)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday, with the one closest to Holliday listed first.
- Madison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Granville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Ash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ash is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Duncans Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duncans Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Bridge
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Goss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Middle Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Grove
- North Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Fork is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Stoutsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Florida
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Santa Fe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Audrain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday, with the one closest to Holliday listed first.
- Tulip
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tulip is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Saling ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saling is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
- Larrabee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Larrabee is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Thompson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Mexico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vandiver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vandiver is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Rush Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday, with the one closest to Holliday listed first.
- Centralia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sturgeon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Riggs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riggs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
- Hallsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Harrisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday, with the one closest to Holliday listed first.
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Anabel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anabel is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anabel
- Excello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ardmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ardmore is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
- Macon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bevier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kaseyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kaseyville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaseyville
- Bloomington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Ralls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday, with the one closest to Holliday listed first.
- Greenlawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Shaver Ford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shaver Ford is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Ford
- The Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- The Landing is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing
- Perry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday, with the one closest to Holliday listed first.
- Cairo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Moberly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clark
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clark is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Renick
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Renick is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Jacksonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Huntsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Higbee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Darksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Darksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darksville
- Thomas Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thomas Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Hill
- Yates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yates is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Clifton Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holliday, with the one closest to Holliday listed first.
- Enterprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Shelbina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lentner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lentner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentner
- Lakenan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakenan is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakenan
- Clarence
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hunnewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Kendall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Shelbyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Kirby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kirby is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Emden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Emden is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emden
- Bethel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leonard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holliday, see our County-by-County Page for Holliday.
Cemeteries Near Holliday ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holliday.
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 Holliday - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holliday covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holliday, with the one closest to Holliday listed first.
- Milner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McKinney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atterberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Swindell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deaver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Curtright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunaway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boomer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Youngs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Holliday had a population of 254 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Holliday had a population of 133 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holliday, with the one closest to Holliday listed first.
- Madison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Granville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Ash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ash is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Duncans Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duncans Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Bridge
- Middle Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Grove
- Tulip
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tulip is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Maud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maud is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Goss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Goss is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Saling ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saling is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rowena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rowena is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowena
- Enterprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Levick Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Levick Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levick Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holliday. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holliday.
Newspapers Published in Holliday ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holliday.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holliday, 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 Holliday.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Holliday:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audrain County
- Boone County
- Macon County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- Shelby 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 Holliday, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holliday) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |