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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Lyda. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lyda to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lyda, 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 Lyda (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 Lyda. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Lyda is historic, it would have been located within present day Macon 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 Macon County: Adair, Chariton, Knox, Linn, Monroe, Randolph, Shelby & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Lyda. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyda:
- Macon County (The home county of Lyda)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyda, with the one closest to Lyda listed first.
- Atlanta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Atlanta is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Economy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Economy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Bloomington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Macon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Love Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- Barnesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Bevier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Anabel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anabel is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anabel
- Sue City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sue City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue City
- Callao
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elmer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Excello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyda, with the one closest to Lyda listed first.
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Gibbs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Millard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Brashear
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brashear is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bullion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Nind ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Kirksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Novinger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyda, with the one closest to Lyda listed first.
- Novelty
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hedge City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hedge City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedge City
- Plevna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Hurdland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hurdland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Kenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kenwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Edina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyda, with the one closest to Lyda listed first.
- New Boston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Bucklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Marceline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyda, with the one closest to Lyda listed first.
- Duncans Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duncans Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Bridge
- Woodlawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Ash
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ash is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Granville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Evansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holliday
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holliday is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyda, with the one closest to Lyda listed first.
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Darksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Darksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darksville
- Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Thomas Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Hill
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Moberly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clifton Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyda, with the one closest to Lyda listed first.
- Clarence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Enterprise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Kirby
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kirby is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Lentner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lentner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentner
- Shelbyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shelbina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kendall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Lakenan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lakenan is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakenan
- Sullivan County
- Winigan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lyda, see our County-by-County Page for Lyda.
Cemeteries Near Lyda ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyda.
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 Lyda - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lyda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyda, with the one closest to Lyda listed first.
- Powell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bellview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kellogg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bloomington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Milam Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ewing Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skinner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- Richards Dale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.
Lyda itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 28 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lyda, with the one closest to Lyda listed first.
- Atlanta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Atlanta is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Ten Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ten Mile is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Economy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Economy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Bloomington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Macon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Redman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Redman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman
- Seney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Seney is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Bevier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Love Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- Anabel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anabel is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anabel
- Callao
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nickellton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nickellton is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickellton
- Sue City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sue City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue City
- Narrows Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Narrows Creek is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyda. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyda.
Newspapers Published in Lyda ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyda.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyda, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lyda.
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 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 Lyda:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Macon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Knox County
- Linn County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Shelby County
- Sullivan 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 Lyda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lyda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |