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 Delta (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 Delta. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Delta 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 Delta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delta:
- Cape Girardeau County (The home county of Delta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Allenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Whitewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Randles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Dutchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Green Cox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Crump
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Gordonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burfordville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Jackson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cape Girardeau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Laflin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Lutesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbrier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Glenallen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Seopus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Sturdivant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Zalma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Grassy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Sedgewickville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Buchanan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Gipsy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Madison County
- Marquand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Bertrand
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Sikeston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morehouse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Canalou
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Biehle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Uniontown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Millheim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Chaffee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Caney Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Perkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- New Hamburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Oran
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kelso
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scott City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Morley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Vanduser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Haywood City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Commerce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Painton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Advance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Bell City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Brownwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Guam ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Leora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Circle City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grayridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Essex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Penermon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Puxico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- McGee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McGee is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
- Cascade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Lowndes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Thebes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- East Cape Girardeau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Miller City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Olive Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Diswood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Hodges Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tamms
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <1>
- Cache
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Pulaski
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mounds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Villa Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Wolf Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Dutch Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delta, see our County-by-County Page for Delta.
Cemeteries Near Delta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delta.
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 Delta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Allenville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kenyon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gartung Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hager Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stroderville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Borneman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Eggimann Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kinder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Delta had a population of 75 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Delta had a population of 421 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
- Allenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Arbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arbor is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor
- Randles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Caney Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Dutchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Green Cox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Perkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Houck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Houck is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houck
- Crump
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Tilsit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tilsit is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilsit
- Oran
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Laflin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Kelso
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Advance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delta.
Newspapers Published in Delta ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delta, 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 Delta.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Delta:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cape Girardeau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Madison County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Perry County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Alexander County
- Pulaski 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 Delta, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Delta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |