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 Copper Mine (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 Copper Mine. 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 hospitals and 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.
Copper Mine 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 Copper Mine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Copper Mine:
- Sainte Genevieve County (The home county of Copper Mine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- River aux Vases
(2 miles [3.2 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
- New Offenburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Zell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Weingarten
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Ozora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Sainte Genevieve
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Bloomsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Minnith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- Patton Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sedgewickville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Cape Girardeau County
- Friedheim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- Flucom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Knorpp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Valles Mines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olympian Village
(23 miles [37 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
- Crystal City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Festus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Herculaneum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Pevely
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Junction City
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Cobalt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cornwall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Millcreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Tin Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- Lithium
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Silver Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Perryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Longtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Biehle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Eureka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farrar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- French Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leadington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Esther
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Cantwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Flat River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Park Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Elvins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Rivermines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Silver Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- French Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Tiff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Irondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cadet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Jackson County (IL)
- Degognia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- Renault
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fults
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chalfin Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mitchie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Burksville Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Burksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Madonnaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Wartburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Hecker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Valmeyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perry County (IL)
- Willisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- Dozaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Modoc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Kaskaskia
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Prairie du Rocher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Ellis Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Menard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Evansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ruma
(17 miles [27.4 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
- New Palestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Preston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Walsh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Bremen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Copper Mine, see our County-by-County Page for Copper Mine.
Cemeteries Near Copper Mine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Copper Mine.
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 Copper Mine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Copper Mine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Valle Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Genevieve Baptist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haney Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stone Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mange Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Voelker Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- Beckemeyer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bequette Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Patterson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Copper Mine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Copper Mine.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Copper Mine, with the one closest to Copper Mine listed first.
- River aux Vases
(2 miles [3.2 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
- New Offenburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Weingarten
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Zell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Sainte Genevieve
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coffman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Minnith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Bloomsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jonca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Lawrenceton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Saint Mary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mill is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Avon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Modoc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Kaskaskia
(12 miles [19.3 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
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Copper Mine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Copper Mine.
Newspapers Published in Copper Mine ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Copper Mine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Copper Mine, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Copper Mine.
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 helpful 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 Copper Mine:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Sainte Genevieve County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Washington County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Randolph 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 Copper Mine, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Copper Mine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |