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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Kings Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Kings Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kings Grove, please Contact Us.
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 Kings Grove (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 Kings Grove. 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 Kings Grove ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Kings Grove: Kings Grv.
- While the name of this community is Kings Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Kings Grove may originally have been King's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kings Grove might be written as King Grove.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kings Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kings Grove.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Kings Grove is historic, it would have been located within present day Holt 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 Holt County: Doniphan (KS), Andrew, Atchison, Nodaway, Nemaha (NE) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Kings Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kings Grove:
- Holt County (The home county of Kings Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Maitland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Mound City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bigelow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- New Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Craig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Big Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Fortescue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Corning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Corning is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Forest City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oregon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Forbes
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Fillmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Bolckow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Rosendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Nodaway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Savannah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Amazonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Fairfax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tarkio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Rock Port
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Farmers City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Phelps City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
- Watson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Island City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Alanthus Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Stanberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Skidmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Quitman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Burlington Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Maryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arkoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Arkoe is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Barnard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clearmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elmo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elmo is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Pickering
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pickering is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Guilford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Conception Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Fremont County (IA)
- High Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- High Creek is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
- Page County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Blanchard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blanchard is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Braddyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- College Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- College Springs is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Northboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Northboro is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Coin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Coin is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Shambaugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Taylor County (IA)
- Siam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Siam is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Brown County (KS)
- Reserve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reserve is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- White Cloud
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- White Cloud is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Iowa Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sparks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Fanning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Nemaha County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saint Deroin is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Deroin
- Brownville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nemaha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nemaha is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Nemaha has also been known as:
- Nemaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nemaha <3>
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Arago ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Arago is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Rulo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <3>
- Barada
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Barada is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Preston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Falls City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Straussville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Straussville is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straussville
- Shubert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kings Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Kings Grove.
Cemeteries Near Kings Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kings Grove.
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 Kings Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kings Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Skidmore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Groves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Masonic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<5> to the northeast of Mound City.
- The Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Center District Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27995 <4>
- Schooler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Linville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kyle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Liberty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Liberty Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> to the east of Craig.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #898836 <4>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (185 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shamberger Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walkup Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
While we didn't find Kings Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kings Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kings Grove, with the one closest to Kings Grove listed first.
- Maitland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Skidmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Dotham ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dotham is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotham
- Mound City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quitman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Bigelow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Craig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Wilcox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wilcox is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- York ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Roseberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roseberry is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- London ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- London is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Maryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kings Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kings Grove.
Newspapers Published in Kings Grove ...
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 176 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kings Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kings Grove, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kings Grove.
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 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 Kings Grove:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Holt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Gentry County
- Nodaway County
- Fremont County
- Page County
- Taylor County
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Nemaha County
- Richardson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Kings Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Kings Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |