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 Bixby (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 Bixby. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Bixby is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Washington, Saint Louis City (MO) & Saint Louis (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Bixby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bixby:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Bixby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Dupo
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dupo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupo <1>
- East Carondelet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Falling Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Cahokia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Imbs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Millstadt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Centreville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Sauget
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alorton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gartside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gartside is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gartside
- East Saint Louis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- New Baden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Memphis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Venice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Madison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Newport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Granite City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nameoki
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Collinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pontoon Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Maryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Carbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poag
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Columbia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Waterloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Valmeyer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wartburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Burksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Madonnaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Burksville Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Monroe City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Hecker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maeystown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chalfin Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Red Bud
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ruma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Prairie du Rocher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Baldwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Pacific
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pacific is located in Franklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,097 people
- Former name for Pacific:
- Franklin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacific <1>
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Catawissa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Albans
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Flamm City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Arnold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <1>
- Maxville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Imperial
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnhart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Parkdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Otto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Pevely
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pevely is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pevely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,001 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pevely <1>
- High Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Peaceful Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- West Alton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harvester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Weldon Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring Heights is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Spring Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- All Saints Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Peters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Portage Des Sioux
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Carondelet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Cheltenham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Saint Louis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tower Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- University City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Ivory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ivory is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Bella Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bella Villa is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bella Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Lemay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lemay is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemay
- Oakville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Saint George
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint George is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Estimated population in 2011: 1,336 people
- Mehlville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mehlville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehlville
- Lakeshire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeshire is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,385 people
- Wilbur Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur Park is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Green Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Park is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,614 people
- Mattese
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- Affton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Brickeys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Needmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Clement ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bixby, see our County-by-County Page for Bixby.
Cemeteries Near Bixby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bixby.
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 Bixby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bixby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Palmer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bohnemeier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kleinschmidt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baltz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (438 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Park Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bixby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bixby.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bixby, with the one closest to Bixby listed first.
- Columbia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Millstadt Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Millstadt Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstadt Junction
- Vulcan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vulcan is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- East Carondelet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Falling Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Ivory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ivory is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Jefferson Barracks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Barracks is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Barracks
- Oakville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Cliff Cave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cliff Cave is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Cave
- Darmstadt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Darmstadt is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Carondelet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Tillman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tillman is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
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- Imbs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Cahokia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mehlville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mehlville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehlville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bixby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bixby.
Newspapers Published in Bixby ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bixby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bixby, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bixby.
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 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 Bixby:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis County
- Sainte Genevieve 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> | 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 Bixby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bixby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |