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 Centerville Station (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 Centerville Station. 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.
Name Variations for Centerville Station ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Centerville Station: Centerville Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Centerville Station. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Centerville Station.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Centerville Station 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 Centerville Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Centerville Station:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Centerville Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- Alorton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Centreville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Imbs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Sauget
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gartside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gartside is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gartside
- French Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Cahokia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- East Saint Louis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bunkum
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- Dupo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- New Baden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Memphis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Albers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Damiansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Damiansville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damiansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Aviston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jersey County
- Elsah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Venice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Granite City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Collinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pontoon Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nameoki
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Mitchell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Maryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Glen Carbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Poag
(16 miles [25.7 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 Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- Columbia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Hecker
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Burksville Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Wartburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Valmeyer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Madonnaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Maeystown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chalfin Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 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 Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- Red Bud
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ruma
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- Venedy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Venedy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Stone Church
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Church is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Caspars
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Caspars is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
- Jefferson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- Arnold
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Flamm City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Maxville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Imperial
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmswick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Barnhart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- High Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Parkdale
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Pevely
(24 miles [38.6 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>
- Peaceful Village
(24 miles [38.6 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 Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- West Alton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Harvester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Portage Des Sioux
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- Saint Louis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carondelet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Tower Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Cheltenham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Baden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- University City
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Saint Louis County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- Bella Villa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bella Villa is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bella Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Ivory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ivory is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Lemay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lemay is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemay
- Wilbur Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wilbur Park is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Mackenzie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mackenzie is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackenzie
- Estimated population in 2018: 131 people
- Saint George
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saint George is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Estimated population in 2011: 1,336 people
- Shrewsbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,063 people
- Affton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Green Park
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Lakeshire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lakeshire is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,385 people
- Maplewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,074 people
- Marlborough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Marlborough is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,142 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Centerville Station, see our County-by-County Page for Centerville Station.
Cemeteries Near Centerville Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Centerville Station.
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 Centerville Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Centerville Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- St. George Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Booker T Washington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bohnemeier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Concordia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Valhalla Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Adalbert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (465 more) ...
- St. Clair Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Clair Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Clair Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Fairview Heights.
- The St. Clair Memorial Park has also been known as:
- French Village Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107853 <2>
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kleinschmidt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Centerville Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Centerville Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Centerville Station, with the one closest to Centerville Station listed first.
- Centreville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Tillman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Imbs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Ogles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ogles is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogles
- Falling Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Gartside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gartside is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gartside
- Birkner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Birkner is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birkner
- French Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Cahokia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Saint Louis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Millstadt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Saint Louis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Carondelet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vulcan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vulcan is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Centerville Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Centerville Station.
Newspapers Published in Centerville Station ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Centerville Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Centerville Station, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Centerville Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Centerville Station:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Jersey County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Washington County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Centerville Station) 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 Centerville Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |