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 Holmes Park (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 Holmes Park. 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 Holmes Park ...
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 occur.
Holmes Park has also been known as: Holmes.
- While the name of this community is Holmes Park, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Holmes Park may originally have been Holme's Park.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Holmes Park might be written as Holme Park.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Holmes Park is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Johnson (KS), Wyandotte (KS), Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Holmes Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holmes Park:
- Jackson County (The home county of Holmes Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Indian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Raytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Santa Fe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Grandview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martin City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Belvidere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Little Blue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Unity Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Leeds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kansas City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Loch Lloyd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Belton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Raymore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrelson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Lake Winnebago
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Riverview Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Coleman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peculiar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Sugar Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Avondale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- North Kansas City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Kansas City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Randolph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Birmingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Minaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Woodhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Claycomo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oaks is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Oakview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oakview is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Oakwood Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Park is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Johnson County
- Kingsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Bates City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Lafayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Riverside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Northmoor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Houston Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Parkville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Waukomis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Platte Woods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Weatherby Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Waldron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Ferrelview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Farley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Farley is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- East Leavenworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Orrick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Fleming
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Douglas County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Weaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Hesper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eudora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Leawood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Mission Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Countryside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Fairway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roeland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Westwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Mission
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <2>
- Overland Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Merriam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Loring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Basehor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Linwood has also been known as:
- Big Stranger
- Johnny Cake
- Journeycake
- Fairmount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Fall Leaf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Miami County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Wea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bucyrus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chiles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Louisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <2>
- Hillsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Argentine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kansas City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grinter Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bonner Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Piper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wallula
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holmes Park, see our County-by-County Page for Holmes Park.
Cemeteries Near Holmes Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holmes Park.
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 Holmes Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holmes Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Palestine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Noland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mound Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sechrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- Ganzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flanery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Holmes Park had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holmes Park, with the one closest to Holmes Park listed first.
- Dodson
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dodson is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Red Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge
- Hickman Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman Mills
- Dallas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dallas is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- New Santa Fe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Raytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martin City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Grandview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Belvidere
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Kenneth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kenneth is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Westport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Westport is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Little Blue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Leeds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lee's Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stanley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holmes Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holmes Park.
Newspapers Published in Holmes Park ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holmes Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holmes Park, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holmes Park.
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 helpful 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 Holmes Park:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Douglas County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Miami County
- Wyandotte County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Holmes Park, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holmes Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |