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 southeast 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 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.
Holt is primarily located in Clay County. A portion of Holt extends into Clinton 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 Clay County: Wyandotte (KS), Clinton, Jackson, Platte & Ray.
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:
- Clay County (The home county of Holt)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Kearney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mosby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mosby is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Excelsior Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chandler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Prathersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stockdale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Roosterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roosterville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Smithville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Missouri City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nashua
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nashua is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Glenaire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Pleasant Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Buchanan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Easton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Agency
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Faucett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Willow Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Matney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Polo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Cowgill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Kidder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Farm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Braymer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- Stet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Converse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lilly
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lathrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Plattsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Trimble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Starfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Gower
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cameron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Mabel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Winston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Osborn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stewartsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Maysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Atherton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Atherton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- River Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Sibley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cement City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Buckner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Levasy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Levasy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levasy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Adams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Kansas City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leeds is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Blue Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Napoleon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Wellington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Edgerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgely
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Ferrelview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Camden Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Waukomis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Platte Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Houston Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Northmoor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Dearborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Platte City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weatherby Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Parkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Lawson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Excelsior Estates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Homestead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Elmira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Crystal Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Wood Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Rayville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Orrick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Kansas City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
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.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Muddy Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Converse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Watkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Soper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Crowley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 259 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Holt had a population of 510 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holt, with the one closest to Holt listed first.
- Converse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Lilly
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Kearney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lathrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lawson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Paradise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Excelsior Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chandler is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Prathersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Prathersville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prathersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Elmira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Vibbard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vibbard is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vibbard
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Scearces
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scearces is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scearces
- Smithville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sandals
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sandals is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandals
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 the Vicinity of 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 171 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holt.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Holt. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Holt and those printed in the larger area surrounding Holt.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Holt.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Holt:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buchanan County
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Wyandotte 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> | 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 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. |