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 Biehle (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 Biehle. 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 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.
Biehle is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Jackson (IL), Randolph (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Saint Francois & Sainte Genevieve.
Below are the counties that are near Biehle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Biehle:
- Perry County (The home county of Biehle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- Millheim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Longtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Uniontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Perryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Farrar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Brazeau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Frohna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Sereno
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Altenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lithium
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seopus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Laflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Lutesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- Friedheim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Appleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Daisy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Oak Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Millersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pocahontas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burfordville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leemon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Gravel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crump
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Gordonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- Cornwall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Marquand
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cobalt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Junction City
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Fredericktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Millcreek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Saint Francois County
- Knob Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- Minnith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Saint Mary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clearwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Ozora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Womack
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Coffman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Quarry Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- Avon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- River aux Vases
(23 miles [37 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
- Sainte Genevieve
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- New Offenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Weingarten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Scott County
- Chaffee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- East Cape Girardeau
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- Grand Tower
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jacob
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Degognia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Pomona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ava
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oraville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County (IL)
- Willisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- Rockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dozaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Menard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Leanderville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Bremen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Welge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Shiloh Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- New Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Ellis Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Steeleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- Wolf Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alto Pass
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Biehle, see our County-by-County Page for Biehle.
Cemeteries Near Biehle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Biehle.
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 Biehle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Biehle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- St. Maurus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dickman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Campground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sides Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Statler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
- Grace Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Old Bollinger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schmidt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Friedenberg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Biehle had a population of 39 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2000, Biehle had a population of 11 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Biehle, with the one closest to Biehle listed first.
- Friedheim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Arnsberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arnsberg is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnsberg
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Longtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Daisy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Old Appleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Uniontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Perryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Kurreville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kurreville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurreville
- Oak Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Shawneetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Yount
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Yount is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Biehle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Biehle.
Newspapers Published in Biehle ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Biehle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Biehle, 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 Biehle.
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 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 Biehle:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Saint Francois 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 Biehle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Biehle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |