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 Beechville (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 Beechville. 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 doctors 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.
Beechville is located in Calhoun County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Calhoun County: Greene, Jersey, Pike, Lincoln (MO), Pike (MO) & Saint Charles (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Beechville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beechville:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Beechville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Brussels
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Batchtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Golden Eagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Plain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Gilead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Star City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Star City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Hardin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hamburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Michael
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kampsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mozier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cliffdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- East Hardin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- East Hardin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin
- Kane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woody
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Eldred
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Carrollton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Nutwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Grafton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fieldon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Otterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Elsah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spankey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Dow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McClusky
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Jerseyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Delhi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Fidelity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Miles Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Piasa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Medora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Melville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Melville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Altamont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Godfrey
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Belmont Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Belmont Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village
- Alton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Alton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- East Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
- Rosewood Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rosewood Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights
- Pike County
- Bee Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bee Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
- Franklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Albans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lincoln County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Cap au Gris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Winfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Argentville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Chain-of-Rocks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Fountain N' Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fountain N' Lakes is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain N' Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Fountain N' Lakes has also been known as:
- Fountain N' Lakes village
- Moscow Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Elsberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Troy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Auburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Pike County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Annada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Annada is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Sledd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sledd is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Paynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Paynesville is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Eolia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Saint Paul
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- O'Fallon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <1>
- Saint Peters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gardnerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Josephville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Josephville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- All Saints Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Saint Charles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Lake Saint Louis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cottleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dardenne Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wentzville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- University City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Baden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Cheltenham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Earth City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,498 people
- Champ
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Champ is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Vigus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vigus is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigus
- Maryland Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Heights is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,895 people
- Hazelwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gumbo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo
- Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Florissant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Florissant is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
- Saint Ann
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,892 people
- Warren County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Wright City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Innsbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Innsbrook is located in Warren County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Innsbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Innsbrook has also been known as:
- Innsbrook village
- Truesdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Truesdale is located in Warren County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
- Warrenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beechville, see our County-by-County Page for Beechville.
Cemeteries Near Beechville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beechville.
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 Beechville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beechville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Ingle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Minesinger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hetzer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Barbara Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hartford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Winfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Christville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cresswell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Admire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Macker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Branch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 in 1895, Beechville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beechville, with the one closest to Beechville listed first.
- Meppen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meppen is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meppen
- Conrad
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conrad is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad
- Brussels
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Batchtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brevator
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brevator is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevator
- Winfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Monroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Eagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Plain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Rosedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Foley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Argentville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Chain-of-Rocks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Saint Paul
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- Gilead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beechville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beechville.
Newspapers Published in Beechville ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beechville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beechville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beechville.
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 Beechville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Madison County
- Pike County
- Franklin County
- Lincoln County
- Pike County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
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 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. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Beechville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Beechville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |