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 Champion (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 Champion. 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 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.
Champion is located in New Madrid 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 New Madrid County: Fulton (KY), Dunklin, Mississippi, Pemiscot, Scott, Stoddard & Lake (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Champion. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Champion:
- New Madrid County (The home county of Champion)
- The following are listed by their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- Matthews
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Canalou
(5 miles [8 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
- Sikeston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morehouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Kewanee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- La Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Lilbourn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Madrid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Lilbourn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Catron
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Howardville
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Bollinger County
- Sturdivant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- Randles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Green Cox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Dunklin County
- Malden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- East Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whiting
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Bertrand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Anniston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Charleston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Pinhook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Thirtyfour Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Wolf Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Wilson City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Wyatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- Hayward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Stewart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- Miner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Crowder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Diehlstadt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Blodgett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Haywood City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Vanduser
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Morley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Oran
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lambert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- New Hamburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Perkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- Baker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Grayridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- LaValle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Circle City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Penermon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Guam ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Essex
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Bell City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dexter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bernie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Painton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- Miller City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Cairo
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Future City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cache
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thebes
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Hodges Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- Mounds
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Ballard County (KY)
- Wickliffe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County (KY)
- Hickman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman County (KY)
- Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- New Markham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Markham is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Proctor City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Tiptonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sunkist Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Obion County (TN)
- Samburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Champion, see our County-by-County Page for Champion.
Cemeteries Near Champion ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Champion.
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 Champion - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Champion covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- Matthews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Noxall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Garden of Memories
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Steele Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Graham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hunter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Knox Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Mitchell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cobb Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Champion in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Champion.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Champion, with the one closest to Champion listed first.
- Ogden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Sikeston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Little River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little River is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Morehouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- La Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Ristine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ristine is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ristine
- Buffington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buffington is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Grayridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- East Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whiting
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Bertrand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- New Madrid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Como
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Como is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Diehlstadt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Blodgett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Champion. See our List of 1890's Communities around Champion.
Newspapers Published in Champion ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Champion.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Champion, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Champion.
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 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 Champion:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to New Madrid County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Dunklin County
- Mississippi County
- Pemiscot County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Pulaski County
- Ballard County
- Fulton County
- Hickman County
- Lake County
- Obion 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 Champion, 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' (or 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- Champion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |