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 Bloomsdale (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 Bloomsdale. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Bloomsdale is located in Sainte Genevieve 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 Sainte Genevieve County: Monroe (IL), Randolph (IL), Jefferson, Perry & Saint Francois.
Below are the counties that are near Bloomsdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bloomsdale:
- Sainte Genevieve County (The home county of Bloomsdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Clement ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Brickeys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Needmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Kinsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Rocky Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Lawrenceton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Zell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- New Offenburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Weingarten
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Sainte Genevieve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Flucom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Knorpp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Olympian Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Valles Mines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Festus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herculaneum
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- De Soto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Horine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Mapaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Pevely
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barnhart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Junction City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Lithium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Silver Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Perryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- French Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Cantwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Esther
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Leadington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flat River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Bonne Terre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elvins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Park Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rivermines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Settletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Settletown is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settletown
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Tiff
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Cadet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- French Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Irondale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mineral Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Theabeau Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Mud Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Old Mines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Fults
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Renault
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfin Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mitchie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Monroe City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Burksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Madonnaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Burksville Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Wartburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Valmeyer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Prairie du Rocher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Modoc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Ruma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Evansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dozaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Ellis Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kaskaskia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Red Bud
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Preston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Walsh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- New Palestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Menard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Lenzburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Athens is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Lementon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
- Marissa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marissa is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marissa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marissa <1>
- Smithton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bloomsdale, see our County-by-County Page for Bloomsdale.
Cemeteries Near Bloomsdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bloomsdale.
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 Bloomsdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bloomsdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Beckemeyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hoover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bequette Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bockenkamp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Moeller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jenning Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anne Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (329 more) ...
- Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Griffin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Bloomsdale had a population of 71 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Bloomsdale had a population of 562 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bloomsdale, with the one closest to Bloomsdale listed first.
- Kinsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Lawrenceton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Zell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- New Offenburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Weingarten
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Prairie du Rocher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Danby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Danby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- French Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sainte Genevieve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Modoc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Renault
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mill is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- River aux Vases
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Jonca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Ames
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ames is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bloomsdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bloomsdale.
Newspapers Published in Bloomsdale ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bloomsdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bloomsdale, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bloomsdale.
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 either 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 Bloomsdale:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Sainte Genevieve County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Washington County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair 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 Bloomsdale, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bloomsdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |