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 Lemens (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 Lemens. 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 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.
Lemens is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Randolph, Saint Clair, Jefferson (MO), Saint Louis (MO) & Sainte Genevieve (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Lemens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lemens:
- Monroe County (The home county of Lemens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Burksville Station
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Burksville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Wartburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Waterloo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Madonnaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Maeystown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Valmeyer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hecker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Renault
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chalfin Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- New Memphis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Baden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Venice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Newport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Collinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Granite City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pontoon Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Red Bud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ruma
(12 miles [19.3 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
(14 miles [22.5 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>
- Modoc
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Baldwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Evansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Preston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Walsh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Houston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Ellis Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tilden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Palestine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Millstadt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Smithton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Athens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- New Athens is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Lementon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
- Dupo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Imbs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Freeburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lenzburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- East Carondelet
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gartside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gartside is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gartside
- Belleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Clarmin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clarmin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
- Caspars
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Caspars is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
- Stone Church
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stone Church is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Venedy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Venedy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Jefferson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Kimmswick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Herculaneum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pevely
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Flamm City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Imperial
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barnhart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Festus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Horine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Arnold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Mapaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Saint Francois County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- French Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Blackwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Carondelet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Saint Louis
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cheltenham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- University City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 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 Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Oakville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Mattese
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- Ivory
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ivory is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Mehlville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mehlville is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehlville
- Bella Villa
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Green Park
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Lemay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lemay is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemay
- Saint George
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Lakeshire
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Affton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Brickeys
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Clement ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Bloomsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Kinsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Sainte Genevieve
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Zell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Lawrenceton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Rocky Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lemens, see our County-by-County Page for Lemens.
Cemeteries Near Lemens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lemens.
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 Lemens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lemens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- New Design Historical Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lemen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Burksville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Moores Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kolmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Pass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martini Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (381 more) ...
- Monroe City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Lemens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lemens.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lemens, with the one closest to Lemens listed first.
- Burksville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Burksville Station
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Wartburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Waterloo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Madonnaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Maeystown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paderborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paderborn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paderborn
- Floraville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Floraville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floraville
- Chalfin Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Renault
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hecker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- New Hanover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Hanover is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hanover
- Red Bud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ames
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ames is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lemens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lemens.
Newspapers Published in Lemens ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lemens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lemens, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lemens.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lemens:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clinton County
- Madison County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Washington County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Francois 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> | 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 Lemens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lemens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |