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 Roth (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 Roth. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Roth 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 Roth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roth:
- Alexander County (The home county of Roth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Cache
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Miller City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Olive Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Future City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Future City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Diswood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Tamms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Elco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Cypress
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Joppa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Mounds
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Villa Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Mound City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Olmsted
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ullin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Chain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Grand Chain
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Karnak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Mill Creek
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Reynoldsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Dongola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Jonesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Anna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Wolf Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cobden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Barlow
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Wickliffe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- La Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bandana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Blandville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Kevil
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ceredo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Gage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gage is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Lovelaceville
(27 miles [43.5 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 Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Bardwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Cunningham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Milburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Hickman County (KY)
- Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- McCracken County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Ragland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Cimota City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- Future City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Future City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Grahamville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Camelia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Cape Girardeau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Gordonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Delta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Randles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Allenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
- Whitewater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Leemon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Green Cox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Mississippi County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Greenfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Wyatt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Wilson City
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Bertrand
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Anniston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- East Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thirtyfour Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Pinhook
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Sikeston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Matthews
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morehouse
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Ogden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Scott County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Commerce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Diehlstadt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Blodgett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Lambert
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Kelso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Scott City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Hamburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Haywood City
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Morley
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Miner
(18 miles [29 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
- Oran
(19 miles [30.6 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>
- Chaffee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stoddard County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Painton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Bell City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Tillman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Roth, see our County-by-County Page for Roth.
Cemeteries Near Roth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roth.
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 Roth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Roth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Schendler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bumgard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Solomon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Uninty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer Heights Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (319 more) ...
- Thistlewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Roth in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Roth.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Roth, with the one closest to Roth listed first.
- Willard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Willard is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Mounds
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Olive Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Sandusky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Mound City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Commerce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- America
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- America is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Diehlstadt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Thebes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Roth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roth.
Newspapers Published in Roth ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roth, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roth.
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 Roth:
- 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
- Hickman County
- McCracken County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Scott County
- Stoddard 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 Roth, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |