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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Mossy Resort. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mossy Resort to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mossy Resort, 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 Mossy Resort (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 Mossy Resort. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Mossy Resort is historic, it would have been located within present day Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps & Texas.

Below are the counties that are near Mossy Resort. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mossy Resort:

  • Pulaski County     (The home county of Mossy Resort)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.
    • Devils Elbow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Robert
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Waynesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
    • Crocker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Laquey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Laquey is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
    • Swedeborg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
    • Bloodland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
    • Richland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hawkeye
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.
    • Stoutland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Montreal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.
    • Lecoma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lecoma is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
    • Lake Spring
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Lake Spring is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
    • Lenox
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Lenox is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
  • Laclede County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.
    • Winnipeg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
    • Abo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Abo is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
    • Falcon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sleeper
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Sleeper is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper
    • Lynchburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Oakland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Oakland is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Maries County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.
    • Brinktown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Brinktown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
    • Vienna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Vichy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Vichy is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
    • Lindell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lindell is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
    • Lanes Prairie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
    • Paydown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Paydown is located in Maries County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
  • Miller County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.
    • Iberia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brumley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ulman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Elizabeth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Osage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.
    • Argyle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Argyle is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
    • Meta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.
    • Arlington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Arlington is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Jerome
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jerome is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Newburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Newburg is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
    • Doolittle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
    • Duke
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Duke is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
    • Edgar Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Rolla
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Rolla is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,437 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <2>
    • Beulah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Beulah is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Saint James
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Texas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.
    • Sherrill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Sherrill is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
    • Hazelton ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Hazelton is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
    • Roby
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Roby is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
    • Plato
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Success
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Licking
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mossy Resort, see our County-by-County Page for Mossy Resort.

Cemeteries Near Mossy Resort ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mossy Resort.

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 Mossy Resort - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mossy Resort covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.

  • Spaulding Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Gospel Ridge Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Gasconade Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rayle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dry Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Vaughn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lipscomb Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brake Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Turpin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Laughlin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (248 more) ...
    • Mayfield Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Thompson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sewell Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Mossy Resort in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mossy Resort.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mossy Resort, with the one closest to Mossy Resort listed first.

  • Clementine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Clementine is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementine
  • Waynesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Franks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Franks is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
  • Hancock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hancock is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
  • Arlington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Arlington is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Jerome
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jerome is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
  • Dixon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
  • Spring Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Creek is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Crocker
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Swedeborg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
  • Newburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Newburg is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
  • Big Piney
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Big Piney is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Piney
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cookville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Cookville is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
    • Richland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Yancy Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Yancy Mills is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy Mills

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mossy Resort. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mossy Resort.

Newspapers Published in Mossy Resort ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mossy Resort.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mossy Resort, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mossy Resort.

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 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 Mossy Resort:

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 Mossy Resort, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mossy Resort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.