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 Elmwood Place (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 Elmwood Place. 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 Elmwood Place ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Elm Wood Place.
- A typical abbreviation for Elmwood Place: Elmwood Pl. (or less commonly used: Elmwood Plc.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Elmwood Place. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elmwood Place.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Elmwood Place is located in Alexander 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 Alexander County: Pulaski, Union, Ballard (KY), Cape Girardeau (MO), Mississippi (MO) & Scott (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Elmwood Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elmwood Place:
- Alexander County (The home county of Elmwood Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Future City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Future City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cairo
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cairo Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Cache
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Miller City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olive Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tamms
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Diswood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Elco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Cypress
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Belknap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bender ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bender is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
- Massac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Joppa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Metropolis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Massac City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Massac City is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- New Columbia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Mound City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mounds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Villa Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Olmsted
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ullin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grand Chain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Grand Chain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Perks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Karnak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Mill Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Dongola
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Dutch Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Anna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Wickliffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- La Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blandville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Bandana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Gage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gage is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Ceredo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Kevil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lovelaceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Carlisle County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Bardwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cunningham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Kirbyton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Milburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Fulton County (KY)
- Hickman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Graves County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Lowes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lowes is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Melber
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Melber is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Fancy Farm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Pottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- West Viola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Viola is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Hickman County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Spring Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Fulgham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- McCracken County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Cimota City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Ragland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- West Future City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Future City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Future City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Camelia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Grahamville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- West Paducah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Massac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Massac is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Lone Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Hendron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Cape Girardeau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Mississippi County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Wilson City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Anniston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Thirtyfour Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Bertrand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Whiting
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Pinhook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Wolf Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- East Prairie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Sikeston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Morehouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- La Forge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Scott County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Diehlstadt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Commerce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blodgett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Miner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miner is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lambert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lambert is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Haywood City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Kelso
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morley is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- New Hamburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Scott City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oran
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oran is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elmwood Place, see our County-by-County Page for Elmwood Place.
Cemeteries Near Elmwood Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmwood Place.
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 Elmwood Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elmwood Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Green Lawn Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bird Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wickliffe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Griggs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Owsley Cemetery
- The Owsley Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owsley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2534673 <2>
- Spencer Heights Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Thistlewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harrison - Hughes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Newton Family 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.<3>
While we didn't find Elmwood Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elmwood Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elmwood Place, with the one closest to Elmwood Place listed first.
- Cairo
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Birds Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Point is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Point
- Former names for Birds Point:
- Birdsville
- Greenville
- Mound City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wickliffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mounds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Barlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Villa Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- America
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- America is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Hodges Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Slater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Slater is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
- Unity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willard is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Samos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Samos is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samos
- Henson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Henson is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elmwood Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elmwood Place.
Newspapers Published in Elmwood Place ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmwood Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elmwood Place, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elmwood Place.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Elmwood Place:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Alexander County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pulaski County
- Union County
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Graves County
- Hickman County
- McCracken County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Scott 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 Elmwood Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elmwood Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |