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 Mint Hill (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 Mint Hill. 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 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.
Mint Hill is located in Osage 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 Osage County: Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Maries, Miller & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near Mint Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mint Hill:
- Osage County (The home county of Mint Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Linn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chamois
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Bonnots Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Loose Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Koenig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Byron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Westphalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Folk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Koeltztown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Boone County
- Oldham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Mokane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Portland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Steedman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Tebbetts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Hord ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Lake Mykee Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- New Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holts Summit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Folsom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Osage City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Taos
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Jefferson City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Wardsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Saint Thomas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Scruggs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Teal ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Jake Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jake Prairie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Prairie
- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Kohl City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kohl City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohl City
- Beemont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Beemont is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beemont
- Berger
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Detmold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Detmold is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detmold
- Gerald
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dissen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dissen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dissen
- Etlah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Etlah is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etlah
- Kiel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kiel is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- New Haven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Leslie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Leslie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Strain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strain is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strain
- Boone ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boone is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Morrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gasconade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Bland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Little Berger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Little Berger is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Berger
- Hermann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Owensville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rosebud
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bem is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bem
- Redbird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Redbird is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Belle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Paydown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Lanes Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Lindell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Vienna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vichy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Bluffton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Starkenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Rhineland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Americus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- McKittrick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Florence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warren County
- Treloar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mint Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Mint Hill.
Cemeteries Near Mint Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mint Hill.
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 Mint Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mint Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Shirley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Agee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Baileys Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilhoit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Perry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lee Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Karschnick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plattners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lambeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (347 more) ...
- Southwest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ben Clark Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mint Hill had a population of 30 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mint Hill, with the one closest to Mint Hill listed first.
- Aud
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aud is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aud
- Luystown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Luystown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luystown
- Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Fredericksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Linn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frankenstein
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frankenstein is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenstein
- Chamois
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Cote Sans Dessein ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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
- Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bay is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Stolpe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stolpe is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stolpe
- Morrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Loose Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Portland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bonnots Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mint Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mint Hill.
Newspapers Published in Mint Hill ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mint Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mint Hill, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mint Hill.
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 Mint Hill:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Osage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Callaway County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Maries County
- Montgomery County
- Warren 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 Mint Hill, 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- Mint Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |