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 Cottage Farm (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 Cottage Farm. 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.
Cottage Farm is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Monroe (IL), Franklin, Saint Francois, Saint Louis, Sainte Genevieve & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Cottage Farm. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cottage Farm:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Cottage Farm)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Ware
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Morse Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Hillsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grubville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grubville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubville
- Oermann
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oermann is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oermann
- Cedar Hill Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Lakes is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Dittmer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fletcher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- De Soto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hematite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Mapaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- West Sullivan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Saint Cloud is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Hemker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Luebbering
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Lonedell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Hensley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hensley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley
- Huff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Huff is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Catawissa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robertsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moselle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Pacific
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pacific is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,097 people
- Former name for Pacific:
- Franklin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacific <1>
- Parkway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Parkway is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Saint Clair
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gray Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Augusta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Schluersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Blackwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Silver Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Settletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Settletown is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settletown
- Bonne Terre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- French Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cantwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leadwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wortham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wortham is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Elvins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Esther
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Flat River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Allenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Eureka
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crescent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Glencoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hollow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Yeatman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Ranken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Fenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peerless Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Grover
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Melrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Valley Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Kinsey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Needmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Brickeys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Lawrenceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Bloomsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clement ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Dutzow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Village of Three Creeks
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Richwoods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richwoods is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Theabeau Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Mud Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Tiff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Old Mines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Aptus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- Cadet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- French Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Fourche a Renault ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fourche a Renault is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche a Renault
- Mineral Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Potosi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Mitchie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Chalfin Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Monroe City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Valmeyer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Madonnaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Maeystown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Fults
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wartburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Burksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- East Carondelet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cottage Farm, see our County-by-County Page for Cottage Farm.
Cemeteries Near Cottage Farm ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cottage Farm.
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 Cottage Farm - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cottage Farm covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- McCain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maness Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stafford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland Mammoth Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Skullens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodcock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood Church 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 Cottage Farm in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cottage Farm.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cottage Farm, with the one closest to Cottage Farm listed first.
- Ware
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Morse Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Frumet
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Frumet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frumet
- Hillsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oermann
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oermann is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oermann
- Grubville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grubville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubville
- Belews Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belews Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Regina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Regina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Hemker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Victoria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Luebbering
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- De Soto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jarvis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jarvis is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis
- Local
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Local is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Local
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cottage Farm. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cottage Farm.
Newspapers Published in Cottage Farm ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cottage Farm.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cottage Farm, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cottage Farm.
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 Cottage Farm:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Francois County
- Saint Louis County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Monroe County
- Saint Clair 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 Cottage Farm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Cottage Farm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |