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 Kissee Mills (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 Kissee Mills. 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 Kissee Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Kissee Mills: Kissee Mls. (or less commonly used: Kissee Mlls.)
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 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.
Kissee Mills is located in Taney 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 Taney County: Boone (AR), Carroll (AR), Marion (AR), Christian, Douglas, Ozark & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Kissee Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kissee Mills:
- Taney County (The home county of Kissee Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Taneyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Taneyville is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Forsyth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Powersite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Powersite is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Rockaway Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cedarcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedarcreek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcreek
- Kirbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merriam Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
- Walnut Shade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Bull Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Bradleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bradleyville is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyville
- Hollister
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollister is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Rueter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rueter is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rueter
- Melva ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melva is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Garrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Garrison is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Saddlebrooke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saddlebrooke is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrooke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Saddlebrooke has also been known as:
- Saddlebrooke village
- Chestnutridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chadwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chadwick is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Green Mound Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Green Mound Ridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mound Ridge
- Spokane
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oldfield is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Sparta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Highlandville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bruner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bruner is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Elkhead
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Elkhead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
- Velsor ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Velsor is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velsor
- Ozark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Rome
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Red Bank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bank is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Smallett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smallett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallett
- Arden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Johns Mills ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
- Squires
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Squires is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
- Ava
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ozark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Longrun
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Longrun is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longrun
- Ocie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ocie is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocie
- Thornfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Thornfield is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornfield
- Theodosia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Theodosia is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theodosia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Foil
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Foil is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foil
- Summit City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Summit City is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
- Sundown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sundown is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Isabella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Noble
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Noble is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Wasola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wasola is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasola
- Pontiac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Almartha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Almartha is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almartha
- Romance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Romance is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Indian Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Dollar City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Lakeview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Branson West
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Branson West is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Reeds Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coney Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Kimberling City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ponce de Leon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
- Blue Eye
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marmaros
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- White City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Lampe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Galena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Olga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Olga is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Rogersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Boone County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Boone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boone is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Lowry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Diamond City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Omaha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lead Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Lead Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- South Lead Hill is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Myrtle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Burlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Elixir ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elixir is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elixir
- Bergman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keener ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keener is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shaver is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Ridgeway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Carroll County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Blue Eye
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Denver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marion County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Monarch
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Monarch is located in Marion County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Peel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Price Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Price Place is located in Marion County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Place
- Dodd City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dodd City is located in Marion County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kissee Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Kissee Mills.
Cemeteries Near Kissee Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kissee Mills.
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 Kissee Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kissee Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Kissee Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Grant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Snapp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brittain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lone Pilgrim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dickens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ragsdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Casey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Helphrey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (277 more) ...
- Mountain Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kissee Mills had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kissee Mills, with the one closest to Kissee Mills listed first.
- Forsyth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kirbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cedarcreek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcreek
- Swan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swan is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Mincy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mincy is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mincy
- Walnut Shade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Hercules
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hercules is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules
- Bradleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bradleyville is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyville
- Garrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Garrison is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
- Branson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eaudevie ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eaudevie is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaudevie
- Day
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lowry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lowry is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Boone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boone is located in Boone County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Brownbranch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brownbranch is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownbranch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kissee Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kissee Mills.
Newspapers Published in Kissee Mills ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kissee Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kissee Mills, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kissee Mills.
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 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 Kissee Mills:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Taney County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Christian County
- Douglas County
- Ozark County
- Stone County
- Webster County
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Marion 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> | 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 Kissee Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kissee Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |