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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 Catawissa (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 Catawissa. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Catawissa is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Crawford, Gasconade, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren & Washington.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Catawissa)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catawissa, with the one closest to Catawissa listed first.
    • West Sullivan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • West Sullivan is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Saint Cloud
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Cloud is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catawissa, with the one closest to Catawissa listed first.
    • Lake Tekakwitha
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Dittmer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oermann
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Grubville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Hill Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Hill Lakes is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Cedar Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Scotsdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Byrnes Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • House Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Morse Mill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • High Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Peaceful Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
    • Parkdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
  • Saint Charles County
  • Saint Francois County
  • Saint Louis City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catawissa, with the one closest to Catawissa listed first.
    • Carondelet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • University City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheltenham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
  • Saint Louis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catawissa, with the one closest to Catawissa listed first.
    • Allenton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
    • Eureka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Melrose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Crescent
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glencoe
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wildwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Yeatman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
    • Grover
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ellisville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ranken
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ballwin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Ballwin is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,094 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballwin <1>
    • Clarkson Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Clarkson Valley is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catawissa, with the one closest to Catawissa listed first.
    • Village of Three Creeks
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Village of Three Creeks is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Three Creeks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
      • Village of Three Creeks has also been known as:
      • Three Creeks village
    • Dutzow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Marthasville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Treloar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Innsbrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Innsbrook is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Innsbrook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
      • Innsbrook has also been known as:
      • Innsbrook village
    • Wright City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catawissa, with the one closest to Catawissa listed first.
    • Richwoods
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Aptus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Theabeau Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
    • Fourche a Renault ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Mud Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mud Town is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
    • Old Mines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Tiff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Tiff is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
    • Cadet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Monroe County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catawissa, with the one closest to Catawissa listed first.
    • Valmeyer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Mitchie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Columbia is located in Monroe County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,627 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <1>
    • Monroe City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
  • Saint Clair County (IL)
    • East Carondelet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Catawissa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catawissa.

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 Catawissa - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Good Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Finney Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • New St. Bridgets Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pacific Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Old St. Bridgets Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (271 more) ...
    • North Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tiler Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Hazelrun Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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 Catawissa had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Catawissa ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catawissa.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Catawissa, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Catawissa.

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 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 Catawissa:

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 Catawissa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Catawissa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.