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 Benton Park West (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 Benton Park West. 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.
Newspapers Published in Benton Park West ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Benton Park West.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Benton Park West, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Benton Park West.
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 Benton Park West:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
Cemeteries Near Benton Park West ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Benton Park West.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Benton Park West covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Benton Park West, with the one closest to Benton Park West listed first.
- Concordia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concordia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concordia Cemetery
- Old St. Marcus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery
- St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) has also been known as:
- St. Marcus Commemorative Park
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30670 <3>
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Matthew Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Matthew Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31361 <3>
- Holy Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
- Western Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Western Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Western Lutheran Cemetery
- New St. Marcus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New St. Marcus Cemetery
- St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marcus Cemetery (New) is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30499 <3>
- Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The Gatewood Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Picker Cemetery
- St. Louis Memorial Gardens
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #958964 <3>
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
- St.s Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261610 <3>
- Resurrection Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resurrection Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
- Lakewood Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakewood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakewood Park Cemetery
- Continue List (457 more) ...
- Our Redeemer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Redeemer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Redeemer Cemetery
- New Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Mt. Sinai Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Mt. Sinai Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Our Redeemer Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Benton Park West in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Benton Park West.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Benton Park West, with the one closest to Benton Park West listed first.
- Cahokia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
- Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <5>
- Saint Louis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
- Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297,645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Louis <5>
- Tower Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tower Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Carondelet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Cheltenham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheltenham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Gratiot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Clifton Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Heights
- Clifton Heights is located in Saint Louis City
- East Carondelet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Carondelet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carondelet
- East Carondelet is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Carondelet <5>
- Benton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Ellendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Shrewsbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shrewsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,063 people
- Ivory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (16 more) ...
- Vulcan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Falling Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Tillman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vulcan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Benton Park West. See our List of 1890's Communities around Benton Park West.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Benton Park West. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Benton Park West) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Benton Park West. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6007, Longitude: -90.2265 In this case, the coordinates for Benton Park West have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Benton Park West, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |