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 Stallings (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 Stallings. 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 doctors and 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.
Stallings is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Saint Clair, Saint Charles (MO), Saint Louis City (MO) & Saint Louis (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Stallings. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stallings:
- Madison County (The home county of Stallings)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Pontoon Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Brooks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Nameoki
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Glen Carbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Granite City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Poag
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Collinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Roxana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Roxana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Roxana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
- Venice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Pierron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Old Ripley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Ripley is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Pocahontas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Deer Plain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Trenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Baden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Aviston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Memphis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Rose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Rose is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rose
- Albers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Damiansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Damiansville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damiansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Breese
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Germantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jersey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Elsah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Delhi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Dow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McClusky
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Otterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Fidelity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jerseyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Macoupin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Brighton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Miles Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Staunton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Wilsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Piasa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Royal Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Royal Lakes is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Royal Lakes has also been known as:
- Royal Lakes village
- Shipman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Benld
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clare
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Clare is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Sawyerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Hecker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Valmeyer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wartburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Fairmont City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- Caseyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Washington Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
- Bunkum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
- Brooklyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- East Saint Louis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- National City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- French Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Alorton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sauget
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centreville
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Jefferson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Arnold
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Maxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Murphy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Imperial
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmswick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Saint Charles County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- West Alton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage Des Sioux
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Charles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harvester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Peters
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis City (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Baden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Cheltenham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Carondelet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- University City
(15 miles [24.1 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 Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Glasgow Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glasgow Village is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Village
- Riverview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riverview is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,821 people
- Spanish Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Bellefontaine Neighbors
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bellefontaine Neighbors is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Neighbors
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,297 people
- Moline Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Moline Acres is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,339 people
- Castle Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Flordell Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Black Jack
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
- Country Club Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Country Club Hills is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,245 people
- Dellwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dellwood is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,994 people
- Northwoods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Northwoods is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,061 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stallings, see our County-by-County Page for Stallings.
Cemeteries Near Stallings ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stallings.
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 Stallings - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stallings covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Emmert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. John UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Virgin Mary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Krome Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (486 more) ...
- St. John Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glen Carbon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Hills Memorial Estates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Stallings had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stallings, with the one closest to Stallings listed first.
- Mitchell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Brooks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Nameoki
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Madison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Poag
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Venice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caseyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- East Saint Louis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wanda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wanda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- French Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Edwardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Furman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Furman is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furman
- Troy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stallings. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stallings.
Newspapers Published in Stallings ...
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 616 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stallings.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stallings, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stallings.
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 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 Stallings:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bond County
- Calhoun County
- Clinton County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin County
- Monroe County
- Saint Clair 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 Stallings, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stallings) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |