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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Belleville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Belleville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Belleville, please Contact Us.
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 Belleville (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 Belleville. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Belleville is historic, it would have been located within present day Cole 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 Cole County: Boone, Callaway, Miller, Moniteau & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Belleville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belleville:
- Cole County (The home county of Belleville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Russellville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Decatur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Lohman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Centertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hickory Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Saint Martins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Scruggs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Eugene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Henley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Henley is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Wardsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Jefferson City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <2>
- Saint Thomas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Hartsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McBaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Pierpont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Huntsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Huntsdale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Cedar City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Holts Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mykee Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- Folsom
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- New Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tebbetts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Hord ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Lake Ozark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Four Seasons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Four Seasons is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,309 people
- Four Seasons has also been known as:
- Village of Four Seasons
- Shawnee Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee Bend is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Bend
- Osage Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sunrise Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Damsel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Damsel is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damsel
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Pisgah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Prairie Home
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Lone Elm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Elm is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Bunceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Clarks Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Wooldridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Olean
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olean is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Etterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Etterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etterville
- Pleasant Mount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Mount is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mount
- Eldon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora Springs is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Springs
- Marys Home
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Tuscumbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Saint Elizabeth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bagnell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lakeside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Ulman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- McGirk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- High Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- High Point is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- California
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Latham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Latham is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Clarksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fortuna
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fortuna is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna
- Tipton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lupus
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Barnett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Excelsior
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Excelsior is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Rocky Mount
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glensted
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glensted is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glensted
- Versailles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gravois Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Syracuse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laurie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Florence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Florence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Stover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Folk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Meta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westphalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Koeltztown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- French Village ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Bonnots Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Loose Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Argyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belleville, see our County-by-County Page for Belleville.
Cemeteries Near Belleville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belleville.
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 Belleville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belleville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Enon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Campbell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Russellville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Enloe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Roark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blank Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Van Pool Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Enloe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Defore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Lohman.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Stringtown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255297 <4>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- High Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.
While we didn't find Belleville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belleville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belleville, with the one closest to Belleville listed first.
- Russellville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Enon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enon is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Decatur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Lohman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Olean
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olean is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- McGirk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- High Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- High Point is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Spring Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spring Garden is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Hickory Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Bass
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bass is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Centertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Mount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Mount is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mount
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Scruggs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Elston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elston is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- California
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belleville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belleville.
Newspapers Published in Belleville ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belleville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belleville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belleville.
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 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 Belleville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cole County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cooper County
- Miller County
- Moniteau County
- Morgan County
- Osage County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Belleville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Belleville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |