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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 Mound City (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 Mound City. 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 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.

Mound City is located in Holt 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 Holt County: Doniphan (KS), Andrew, Atchison, Nodaway, Nemaha (NE) & Richardson (NE).

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

  • Holt County     (The home county of Mound City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mound City, with the one closest to Mound City listed first.
    • Bigelow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bigelow is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Big Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fortescue
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fortescue is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Craig
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Maitland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Maitland is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
    • New Point
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Oregon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Corning
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Forbes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Andrew County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mound City, with the one closest to Mound City listed first.
    • Fillmore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bolckow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Nodaway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosendale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Wyeth ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Amazonia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Amazonia is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
    • Rea
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Savannah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Country Club
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Club is located in Andrew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
  • Atchison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mound City, with the one closest to Mound City listed first.
    • Fairfax
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tarkio
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Rock Port
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Phelps City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Phelps City is located in Atchison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
    • Westboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Westboro is located in Atchison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Farmers City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Farmers City is located in Atchison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
  • Nodaway County
  • Page County (IA)
  • Brown County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mound City, with the one closest to Mound City listed first.
    • Reserve
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Padonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Robinson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamlin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamlin is located in Brown County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Hamlin has also been known as:
      • Hamilton
    • Hiawatha
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Morrill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Morrill is located in Brown County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
    • Sun Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Doniphan County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mound City, with the one closest to Mound City listed first.
    • White Cloud
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Iowa Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Highland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Sparks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
    • Fanning
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
    • Leona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Leona is located in Doniphan County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Severance
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Troy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Moray
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
    • Bendena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Blair
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Denton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Nemaha County (NE)
  • Richardson County (NE)

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

Cemeteries Near Mound City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mound City.

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 Mound City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Mound City had a population of 1,193 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mound City had a population of 997 people.

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

  • Bigelow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bigelow is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Napier
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Napier is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
  • Fortescue
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fortescue is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
  • Craig
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • New Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Maitland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Maitland is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
  • Forest City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • White Cloud
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oregon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Graham
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rulo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
  • Dotham ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Dotham is located in Atchison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotham
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mound City ...

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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mound City.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mound City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mound City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mound City.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Mound City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Mound City:

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 '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- Mound City) 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 Mound City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.