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 Bertrand (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 Bertrand. 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.
Bertrand is located in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County: Alexander (IL), Ballard (KY), Carlisle (KY), Fulton (KY), Hickman (KY), New Madrid & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Bertrand. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bertrand:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Bertrand)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Charleston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Anniston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- East Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whiting
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Wilson City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Pinhook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Thirtyfour Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Wolf Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Randles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Dutchtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Green Cox
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Cape Girardeau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Allenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Whitewater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Gordonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Sikeston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Matthews
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Morehouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- La Forge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Canalou
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Kewanee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- New Madrid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lilbourn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- North Lilbourn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Howardville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Catron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Diehlstadt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Miner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Blodgett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Haywood City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Morley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Crowder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lambert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Vanduser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- New Hamburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Oran
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Baker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Circle City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Grayridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Guam ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Bell City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Painton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Penermon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Essex
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- LaValle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Tillman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Advance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Miller City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cache
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Cairo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Future City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Olive Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hodges Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thebes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Diswood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Tamms
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <1>
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Mound City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Villa Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Pulaski
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Olmsted
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ullin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Wickliffe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Blandville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- La Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Bardwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Cunningham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fulton County (KY)
- Hickman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Columbus
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Spring Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bertrand, see our County-by-County Page for Bertrand.
Cemeteries Near Bertrand ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bertrand.
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 Bertrand - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bertrand covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Armour Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maynard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Texas Bend Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (291 more) ...
- Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cason Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Garden of Memories
(9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bertrand had a population of 221 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Bertrand had a population of 747 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bertrand, with the one closest to Bertrand listed first.
- Diehlstadt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Charleston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Sikeston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blodgett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- East Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whiting
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Samos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Samos is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samos
- Henson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Henson is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
- Little River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Little River is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Ogden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Morley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Morehouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Willard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Willard is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- La Forge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bertrand. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bertrand.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bertrand ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bertrand.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bertrand. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bertrand and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bertrand.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Bertrand.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Bertrand:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- New Madrid County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Pulaski County
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Hickman 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> | 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 Bertrand, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Bertrand) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |