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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 Holts Summit (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 Holts Summit. 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 Holts Summit ...

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.

While the name of this city is Holts Summit, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Holts Summit may originally have been Holt's Summit.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Holts Summit might be written as Holt Summit.

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 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.

Holts Summit is located in Callaway 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 Callaway County: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery & Osage.

Below are the counties that are near Holts Summit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holts Summit:

  • Callaway County     (The home county of Holts Summit)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holts Summit, with the one closest to Holts Summit listed first.
    • Lake Mykee Town
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
      • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
    • Cedar City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
    • New Bloomfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Folsom
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Tebbetts
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
    • Mokane
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Steedman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Steedman is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
    • Fulton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lindbergh
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Portland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Kingdom City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holts Summit, with the one closest to Holts Summit listed first.
    • Oldham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartsburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ashland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pierpont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Pierpont is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Columbia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • McBaine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • McBaine is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
    • Moores Switch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Huntsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Huntsdale is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Stephens
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holts Summit, with the one closest to Holts Summit listed first.
    • Jefferson City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Osage City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Osage City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
    • Taos
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Taos is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
    • Scruggs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wardsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Saint Martins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Saint Martins is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
    • Lohman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Centertown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Saint Thomas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Russellville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Decatur
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cooper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holts Summit, with the one closest to Holts Summit listed first.
    • Prairie Home
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
    • Wooldridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pisgah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Gasconade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holts Summit, with the one closest to Holts Summit listed first.
    • Morrison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Sterling
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
    • Gasconade
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
  • Miller County
  • Moniteau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holts Summit, with the one closest to Holts Summit listed first.
    • McGirk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • McGirk is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
    • Jamestown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lupus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lupus is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • California
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • High Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarksburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • Latham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Latham is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
  • Montgomery County
  • Osage County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holts Summit, see our County-by-County Page for Holts Summit.

Cemeteries Near Holts Summit ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holts Summit.

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 Holts Summit - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holts Summit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holts Summit, with the one closest to Holts Summit listed first.

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, Holts Summit had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Holts Summit had a population of 4,519 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Holts Summit, with the one closest to Holts Summit listed first.

  • Cedar City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
  • Jefferson City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Bloomfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Folsom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Osage City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Osage City is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
  • Guthrie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Guthrie is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
  • Claysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Claysville is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Hord ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hord is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
  • Bonnots Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Effie ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Effie is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
  • Scruggs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Taos
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Taos is located in Cole County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Elston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Elston is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
    • Wardsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Cote Sans Dessein ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Cote Sans Dessein is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cote Sans Dessein
      • Cote Sans Dessein has also been known as:
      • Parkersville

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holts Summit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holts Summit.

Newspapers Published in Holts Summit ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holts Summit.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holts Summit, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holts Summit.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Holts Summit:

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 Holts Summit, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holts Summit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.