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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 Old Success (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 Old Success. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Old Success is located in Texas 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 Texas County: Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon & Wright.

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

  • Texas County     (The home county of Old Success)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Success, with the one closest to Old Success listed first.
    • Success
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Roby
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Roby is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
    • Hazelton ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hazelton is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
    • Plato
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bucyrus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Houston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral Springs City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
    • Huggins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Huggins is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
    • Licking
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Bendavis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bendavis is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendavis
    • Sherrill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sherrill is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
    • Simmons
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Simmons is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons
    • Raymondville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Success, with the one closest to Old Success listed first.
    • Coulstone
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Coulstone is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulstone
    • Lenox
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lenox is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Jack
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jack is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
    • Darien
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Darien is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
    • Jadwin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jadwin is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jadwin
    • Lecoma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lecoma is located in Dent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
  • Howell County
    • Sterling ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Sterling is located in Howell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
  • Laclede County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Success, with the one closest to Old Success listed first.
    • Lynchburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Winnipeg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Winnipeg is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnipeg
    • Falcon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Competition
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Competition is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
    • Abo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Abo is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abo
    • Twin Bridges
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Twin Bridges is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
    • Oakland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakland is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Evergreen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Evergreen is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
      • Evergreen has also been known as:
      • Evergreen village
    • Pease
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Pease is located in Laclede County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pease
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Success, with the one closest to Old Success listed first.
    • Duke
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Duke is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
    • Beulah
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Beulah is located in Phelps County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Edgar Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pulaski County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Success, with the one closest to Old Success listed first.
    • Bloodland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bloodland is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodland
    • Laquey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Laquey is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laquey
    • Saint Robert
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Devils Elbow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Waynesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Shannon County
    • Akers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Akers is located in Shannon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Success, with the one closest to Old Success listed first.
    • Astoria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Astoria is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
    • Graff
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Graff is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
    • Green Mountain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Mountain is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
    • Jerktail ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jerktail is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerktail
    • Saint George
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Saint George is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
    • Mountain Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Grovespring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Norwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Old Success ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Success.

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 Old Success - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Jackson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Crane Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cavaness Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Burnett Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Old Concord Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Ridge Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Emery Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lynch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Old Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuttle Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sliger Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Craddock Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (188 more) ...
    • Merrill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilhite Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cook Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<2>

While we didn't find Old Success in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Success.

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

  • Success
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Roubidoux
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Roubidoux is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubidoux
  • Ellis Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellis Prairie is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Prairie
  • Roby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Roby is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
  • Hazelton ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazelton is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
  • Turley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Turley is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
  • Plum Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Plum Valley is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Valley
  • Venable
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Venable is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venable
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Plato
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dykes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Dykes is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
  • Huggins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Huggins is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huggins
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Houston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Astoria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Astoria is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
    • Alice
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Alice is located in Texas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice

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

Newspapers Published in Old Success ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Success.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Success, 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 Old Success.

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 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 Old Success:

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 Old Success, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Success) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.