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 National City (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 National City. 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.
National City 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 National City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to National City:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of National City)
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Brooklyn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- East Saint Louis
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fairmont City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- Washington Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
- Sauget
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alorton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cahokia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centreville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Bunkum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- French Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Caseyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- East Carondelet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Deer Plain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- New Baden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Memphis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aviston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Albers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Damiansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Damiansville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damiansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Elsah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Dow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McClusky
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Otterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miles Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Venice
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Madison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Newport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Granite City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nameoki
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Pontoon Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brooks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Maryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Carbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poag
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Hartford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Columbia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Waterloo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Valmeyer
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wartburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Hecker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Burksville Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Burksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Madonnaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Maeystown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chalfin Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Jefferson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Arnold
(18 miles [29 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Flamm City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Imperial
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- High Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceful Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Barnhart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Byrnes Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Otto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- House Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- West Alton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Portage Des Sioux
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Charles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harvester
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saint Peters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Weldon Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cottleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- All Saints Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Weldon Spring Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- 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
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Saint Louis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Baden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Cheltenham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Carondelet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- University City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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 National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Glasgow Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
- Beverly Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Flordell Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flordell Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flordell Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Jennings
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Northwoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Northwoods is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,061 people
- Pine Lawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lawn is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,579 people
- Uplands Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Uplands Park is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uplands Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Velda City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Velda City is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velda City
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,403 people
- Velda Village Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Velda Village Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velda Village Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Velda Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Velda Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velda Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Hillsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,536 people
- Wellston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wellston is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to National City, see our County-by-County Page for National City.
Cemeteries Near National City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of National City.
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 National City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for National City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Western Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. John UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Emmert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John United Church of Christ Cemetery
- St. John United Church of Christ Old Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107901 <2>
- St. Johns UCC Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frieden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (472 more) ...
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Concordia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find National City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of National City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from National City, with the one closest to National City listed first.
- Venice
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Saint Louis
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Saint Louis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Madison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tower Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Cahokia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centreville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Cheltenham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Gratiot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- French Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Nameoki
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Baden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Benton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Benton is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Clifton Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clifton Heights is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Heights
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around National City. See our List of 1890's Communities around National City.
Newspapers Published in National City ...
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 630 newspapers that have been published in the area around National City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of National City, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for National City.
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 National City:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clinton County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Madison County
- Monroe 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> | 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 National City, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- National City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |