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 Topsy (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 Topsy. 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 hospitals and 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.
Topsy is located in Mercer County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer County: Decatur (IA), Wayne (IA), Grundy, Harrison, Putnam & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Topsy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Topsy:
- Mercer County (The home county of Topsy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Princeton is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <1>
- Ravanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna
- Ravanna is located in Mercer County
- Mercer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mercer <1>
- Modena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Modena is located in Mercer County
- South Lineville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lineville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lineville
- South Lineville is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Burrows
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Daviess County
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Spickard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spickard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spickard
- Spickard is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spickard <1>
- Tindall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Dunlap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Galt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Galt is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
- Trenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Trenton is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <1>
- Brimson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Laredo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Hickory Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hickory Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Cainsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Cainsville is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Mount Moriah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Moriah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Akron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Ridgeway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgeway have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Ridgeway is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgeway <1>
- Gilman City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilman City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman City
- Gilman City is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilman City <1>
- Blythedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blythedale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
- Blythedale is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Gardner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Eagleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagleville <1>
- Bethany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Bethany is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethany <1>
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Haseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Browning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Farmersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Chula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chula have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Chula is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <1>
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Lucerne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Powersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Powersville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Saint John
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint John. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Saint John is located in Putnam County
- Unionville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <1>
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Newtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Newtown is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newtown <1>
- Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Harris is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <1>
- Osgood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Humphreys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Pollock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Boynton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Milan is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
- Green City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Pennville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Owasco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Morgan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Pleasanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasanton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
- Pleasanton is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Woodland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Woodland is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Davis City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis City
- Davis City is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Lamoni
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamoni have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoni
- Lamoni is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,196 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamoni <1>
- Leon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Leon is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Wayne County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Lineville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Clio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Clio is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Allerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allerton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton
- Allerton is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allerton <1>
- Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Corydon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corydon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon
- Corydon is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,593 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corydon <1>
- Seymour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Seymour is located in Wayne County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seymour <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Topsy, see our County-by-County Page for Topsy.
Cemeteries Near Topsy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Topsy.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Topsy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Brantley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brantley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brantley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Coon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28185 <4>
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collins Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the north of Princeton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2189578 <4>
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pemberton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pemberton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pemberton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- John Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Williams Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Half Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Half Rock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Half Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Princeton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Princeton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Princeton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Weisner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weisner Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weisner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Middleberry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middleberry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middleberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wyatt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wyatt Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wyatt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trussell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trussell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trussell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Middleberry Cemetery
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.<6>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Topsy had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Topsy, with the one closest to Topsy listed first.
- Half Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Mill Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Grove
- Mill Grove is located in Mercer County
- Princeton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Princeton is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <1>
- Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Harris is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <1>
- Newtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Newtown is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newtown <1>
- Ravanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna
- Ravanna is located in Mercer County
- Spickard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spickard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spickard
- Spickard is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spickard <1>
- Wintersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wintersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Wintersville is located in Sullivan County
- Alvord ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Goshen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Modena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Modena is located in Mercer County
- Mercer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mercer <1>
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Osgood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Lucerne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Ilia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Osgood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Topsy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Topsy.
Newspapers Published in Topsy ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Topsy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Topsy, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Topsy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Topsy:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Daviess County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grundy County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Harrison County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Linn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Livingston County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Putnam County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sullivan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Decatur County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Daviess County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Mercer County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Topsy. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Topsy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Topsy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3531, Longitude: -93.4799 In this case, the coordinates for Topsy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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 Topsy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |