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 Bohleysville (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 Bohleysville. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Bohleysville 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 Bohleysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bohleysville:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Bohleysville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Millstadt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smithton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Imbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Dupo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Falling Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Gartside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gartside is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gartside
- Centreville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Belleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Carondelet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freeburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lementon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
- Alorton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cahokia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- New Baden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Damiansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Damiansville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damiansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Trenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Venice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Newport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Collinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Granite City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nameoki
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Pontoon Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Maryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brooks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Glen Carbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mitchell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poag
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Waterloo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Columbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Wartburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Burksville Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Burksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Hecker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Valmeyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Madonnaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Maeystown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfin Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Fults
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Red Bud
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ruma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Baldwin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie du Rocher
(23 miles [37 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>
- Evansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Houston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Preston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Walsh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Tilden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ellis Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sparta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Venedy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Venedy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Caspars
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Caspars is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
- Clarmin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarmin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
- Stone Church
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stone Church is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Okawville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Flamm City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Arnold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Kimmswick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Imperial
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Maxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Barnhart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Herculaneum
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Horine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Festus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Festus is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Festus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,114 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Festus <1>
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Otto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Carondelet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Saint Louis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tower Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Cheltenham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- University City
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 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 Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Oakville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Ivory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ivory is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Bella Villa
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lemay is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemay
- Mehlville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mehlville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehlville
- Green Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Saint George
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Wilbur Park
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Mattese
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- Affton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Lakeshire
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Grantwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grantwood Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantwood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 855 people
- Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Brickeys
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Clement ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Bloomsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kinsey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Sainte Genevieve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bohleysville, see our County-by-County Page for Bohleysville.
Cemeteries Near Bohleysville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bohleysville.
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 Bohleysville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bohleysville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Freivogel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Saxtown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson - Divers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Baltz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Millstadt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Martini Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (423 more) ...
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- City 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.<4>
While we didn't find Bohleysville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bohleysville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bohleysville, with the one closest to Bohleysville listed first.
- Darmstadt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Darmstadt is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Millstadt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Floraville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Floraville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floraville
- Waterloo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paderborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Paderborn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paderborn
- New Hanover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Hanover is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hanover
- Smithton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Millstadt Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millstadt Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstadt Junction
- Columbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Imbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Tillman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tillman is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Falling Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Wartburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Gartside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gartside is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gartside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bohleysville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bohleysville.
Newspapers Published in Bohleysville ...
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 602 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bohleysville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bohleysville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bohleysville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bohleysville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Washington County
- Jefferson 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bohleysville) 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 Bohleysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |