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 Critesville (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 Critesville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Critesville is located in Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau County: Alexander (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Perry, Scott & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Critesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Critesville:
- Cape Girardeau County (The home county of Critesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Daisy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Friedheim
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Millersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Appleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Pocahontas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Burfordville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Leemon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Jackson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crump
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Gordonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Seopus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Patton Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Laflin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Lutesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenallen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Leopold
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Grassy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Zalma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Greenbrier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Marquand
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cornwall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Cobalt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Junction City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Mine La Motte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Millcreek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Biehle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Millheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Longtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Perryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Brazeau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Frohna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Silver Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Altenburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farrar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Sereno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- McBride
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Minnith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Womack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Clearwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Saint Mary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Avon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Ozora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Coffman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Quarry Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- River aux Vases
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Chaffee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Kelso
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- New Hamburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Advance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Painton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Brownwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Wayne County
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- East Cape Girardeau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- McClure
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Grand Tower
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jacob
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Rockwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dozaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Menard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Leanderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Shiloh Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Wolf Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Alto Pass
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Critesville, see our County-by-County Page for Critesville.
Cemeteries Near Critesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Critesville.
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 Critesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Critesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Schmidt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Salem UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Salem UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Daisy.
- The New Salem UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Salem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987831 <2>
- Riehn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wise Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kurre Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Caney Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Estes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Seabaugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Niswonger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fulbright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Critesville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Critesville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Critesville, with the one closest to Critesville listed first.
- Kurreville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kurreville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurreville
- Daisy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Friedheim
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arnsberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arnsberg is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnsberg
- Oak Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Millersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Biehle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Millheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Old Appleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Alliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Patton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Gravel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Burfordville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Critesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Critesville.
Newspapers Published in Critesville ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Critesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Critesville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Critesville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Critesville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cape Girardeau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Alexander County
- Jackson County
- Randolph County
- Union 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 Critesville, 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- Critesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |