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 Mooresville (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 Mooresville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Mooresville is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy & Linn.
Below are the counties that are near Mooresville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mooresville:
- Livingston County (The home county of Mooresville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Utica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Ludlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Dawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chillicothe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Avalon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Wheeling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Chula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farmersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Bedford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Breckenridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Proctorville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Nettleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Braymer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gould Farm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Hamilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Cowgill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Kingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Kidder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Polo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Latoh ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Latoh is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latoh
- Asper ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Asper is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
- Mandeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Tina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Stet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Bogard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Bosworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bosworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norborne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Norborne is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Palemon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Palemon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palemon
- Chariton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Sumner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Snyder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Clinton County
- Cameron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Daviess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Lock Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Jamesport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gallatin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altamont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Jameson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Mabel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Bancroft
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Coffey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coffey is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Pattonsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Weatherby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Santa Rosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Hickory Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Trenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Laredo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Brimson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Dunlap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Tindall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tindall is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Harrison County
- Gilman City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Fountain Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Meadville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Forker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forker
- Haseville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Laclede
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Linneus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Linneus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linneus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Georgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Ovid ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ovid is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Knoxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Rockingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rockingham is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Elmira
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Lakeview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Morton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morton is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mooresville, see our County-by-County Page for Mooresville.
Cemeteries Near Mooresville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mooresville.
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 Mooresville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mooresville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Mooresville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McCoskrie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Utica Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Monroe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Guffey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Phares Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lock Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Christian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lick Fork Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Welsh Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Mooresville had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mooresville had a population of 92 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mooresville, with the one closest to Mooresville listed first.
- Utica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Breckenridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Proctorville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Ludlow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Dawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lock Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Catawba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Chillicothe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Springhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springhill is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Nettleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Plymouth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Carlow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carlow is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlow
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gould Farm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Braymer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Latoh ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Latoh is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latoh
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mooresville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mooresville.
Newspapers Published in Mooresville ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mooresville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mooresville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mooresville.
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 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 Mooresville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Chariton County
- Clinton County
- Daviess County
- DeKalb County
- Grundy County
- Harrison County
- Linn County
- Ray 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> | 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- Mooresville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mooresville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |