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 Arnsberg (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 Arnsberg. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Arnsberg is located in Cape Girardeau County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cape Girardeau County: Alexander (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Perry, Scott & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Arnsberg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arnsberg:
- Cape Girardeau County (The home county of Arnsberg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Friedheim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Appleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Daisy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Oak Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Pocahontas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leemon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Burfordville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Gordonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Patton Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Seopus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Laflin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Lutesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenallen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Leopold
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Grassy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Marquand
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cornwall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Cobalt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Junction City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Mine La Motte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Millcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Biehle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Longtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Millheim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Brazeau
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Frohna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Farrar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Altenburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Perryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sereno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Minnith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Saint Mary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Ozora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Womack
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Avon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Coffman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Quarry Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- River aux Vases
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- River aux Vases is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River aux Vases
- Former name for River aux Vases:
- Staabtown
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Chaffee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Scott City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kelso
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- East Cape Girardeau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- McClure
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Grand Tower
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jacob
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Pomona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ava
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ava is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <1>
- Campbell Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Murphysboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oraville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County (IL)
- Willisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Rockwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Chester
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Menard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leanderville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Kaskaskia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Shiloh Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Dozaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Welge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Bremen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Palestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Steeleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Wolf Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alto Pass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Cobden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Jonesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Anna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Anna is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arnsberg, see our County-by-County Page for Arnsberg.
Cemeteries Near Arnsberg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arnsberg.
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 Arnsberg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arnsberg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Dickman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sides Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Salem UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Salem UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Daisy.
- The New Salem UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Salem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987831 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulbright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grace Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Maurus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Caney Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Schmidt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- Kurre Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Byrd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Arnsberg had a population of 56 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arnsberg, with the one closest to Arnsberg listed first.
- Friedheim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Daisy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Old Appleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Biehle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Oak Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kurreville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kurreville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurreville
- Shawneetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Longtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Millheim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Pocahontas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Wells ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Wells is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wells
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Millersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brazeau
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arnsberg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arnsberg.
Newspapers Published in Arnsberg ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arnsberg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arnsberg, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arnsberg.
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 Arnsberg:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cape Girardeau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Scott County
- Alexander County
- Jackson County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Arnsberg, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arnsberg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |