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 Clifton Heights (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 Clifton Heights. 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 Clifton Heights ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Clifton Heights: Clifton Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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.
Cemeteries Near Clifton Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clifton Heights.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clifton Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clifton Heights, with the one closest to Clifton Heights listed first.
- Lakewood Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakewood Park Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakewood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The Gatewood Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Picker Cemetery
- St. Louis Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #958964 <2>
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
- St.s Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261610 <2>
- Old St. Marcus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) has also been known as:
- St. Marcus Commemorative Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30670 <2>
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Matthew Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Matthew Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31361 <2>
- Concordia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concordia Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concordia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Resurrection Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resurrection Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Our Redeemer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Redeemer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Redeemer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- New St. Marcus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New St. Marcus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marcus Cemetery (New) is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30499 <2>
- New Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Mt. Sinai Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Mt. Sinai Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Chinese Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chinese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Chesed Shei Emeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chesed Shei Emeth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #157725 <2>
- St. Paul Cemetery
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, Clifton Heights had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clifton Heights, with the one closest to Clifton Heights listed first.
- Gratiot
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Tower Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tower Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Cheltenham
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheltenham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Benton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Ellendale
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Shrewsbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shrewsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,063 people
- Webster Groves
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Webster Groves. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Groves
- Webster Groves is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,896 people
- Carondelet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Clayton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Clayton is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,775 people
- Brentwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Brentwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,953 people
- Glendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Glendale is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,863 people
- Affton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County
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- Saint Louis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
- Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297,645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Louis <5>
- Rock Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Rock Hill is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,615 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Hill <5>
- Wellston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Louis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clifton Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clifton Heights.
Newspapers Published in Clifton Heights ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clifton Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clifton Heights, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clifton Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Clifton Heights:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clifton Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Clifton Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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 from Point A (ie- Clifton Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clifton Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6092, Longitude: -90.2862 In this case, the coordinates for Clifton Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |