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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 Caney Creek (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 Caney Creek. 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.

Name Variations for Caney Creek ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Caney Creek: Caney Crk. (or less commonly used: Caney Ck. or Caney Cr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Caney Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Caney Creek.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Caney Creek is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Alexander (IL), Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid & Stoddard.

Below are the counties that are near Caney Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Caney Creek:

  • Scott County     (The home county of Caney Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caney Creek, with the one closest to Caney Creek listed first.
    • Chaffee
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Oran
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oran is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <1>
    • New Hamburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Perkins
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Perkins is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
    • Benton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lambert
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Lambert is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
    • Morley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Morley is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Kelso
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Vanduser
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Vanduser is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Haywood City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Haywood City is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Scott City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Crowder
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Bollinger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caney Creek, with the one closest to Caney Creek listed first.
    • Laflin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Leopold
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Leopold is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
    • Greenbrier
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Sturdivant
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Lutesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Marble Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Zalma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Zalma is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
      • Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
    • Glenallen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
    • Seopus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grassy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Grassy is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
    • Gipsy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
    • Buchanan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Cape Girardeau County
  • Mississippi County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caney Creek, with the one closest to Caney Creek listed first.
    • Bertrand
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
    • Charleston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Anniston
      (28 miles [45.1 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Whiting
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilson City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Greenfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Wyatt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
  • New Madrid County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caney Creek, with the one closest to Caney Creek listed first.
    • Sikeston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Morehouse
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Canalou
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Canalou is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Matthews
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Ogden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ogden is located in New Madrid County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
  • Stoddard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caney Creek, with the one closest to Caney Creek listed first.
    • Painton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Painton is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
    • Bell City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tillman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Advance
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Brownwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Guam ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Circle City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Circle City is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
    • Leora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grayridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
    • Bloomfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Essex
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Essex is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
    • Baker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Baker is located in Stoddard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
  • Wayne County
    • McGee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • McGee is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
  • Alexander County (IL)
  • Pulaski County (IL)
  • Union County (IL)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Caney Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Caney Creek.

Cemeteries Near Caney Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caney Creek.

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 Caney Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Caney Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Caney Creek, with the one closest to Caney Creek listed first.

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 in 1895, Caney Creek had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Caney Creek, with the one closest to Caney Creek listed first.

  • Oran
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oran is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <1>
  • Randles
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Perkins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Perkins is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
  • New Hamburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Delta
    (5 miles [8 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>
  • Arbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Arbor is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor
  • Morley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Morley is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Benton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Allenville
    (7 miles [11.3 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
  • Kelso
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Dutchtown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Green Cox
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Caney Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Caney Creek.

Newspapers Published in Caney Creek ...

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 Caney Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caney Creek, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Caney Creek.

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 Caney Creek:

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 Caney Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Caney Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.