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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 Dutchtown (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 Dutchtown. 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 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 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.

Dutchtown 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 Dutchtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dutchtown:

  • Cape Girardeau County     (The home county of Dutchtown)
  • Bollinger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dutchtown, with the one closest to Dutchtown listed first.
    • Laflin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Leopold
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Leopold is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
    • Seopus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lutesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Marble Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Glenallen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
    • Sedgewickville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Greenbrier
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sturdivant
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Zalma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Zalma is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
      • Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
    • Patton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grassy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Grassy is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
  • Madison County
  • Mississippi County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dutchtown, with the one closest to Dutchtown listed first.
    • Bertrand
      (26 miles [41.8 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)
  • New Madrid County
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dutchtown, with the one closest to Dutchtown listed first.
    • Uniontown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Uniontown is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Altenburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Frohna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Frohna is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
    • Biehle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Biehle is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
    • Brazeau
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Millheim
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Eureka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Eureka is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Longtown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dutchtown, with the one closest to Dutchtown listed first.
    • Chaffee
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Scott City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Kelso
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Caney Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • New Hamburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Oran
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Oran is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <1>
    • 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
    • Perkins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Perkins is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
    • Commerce
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Morley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Morley is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Haywood City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Haywood City is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Stoddard County
  • Alexander County (IL)
  • Jackson County (IL)
  • Pulaski County (IL)
  • Union County (IL)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dutchtown, see our County-by-County Page for Dutchtown.

Cemeteries Near Dutchtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dutchtown.

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 Dutchtown - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dutchtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dutchtown, with the one closest to Dutchtown listed first.

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 Dutchtown had a population of 46 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2018, Dutchtown had a population of 94 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Dutchtown, with the one closest to Dutchtown listed first.

  • Allenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
  • Delta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
  • Houck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Houck is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houck
  • Kelso
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cape Girardeau
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tilsit
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tilsit is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilsit
  • Caney Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jackson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jackson is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
  • Randles
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New Hamburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • East Cape Girardeau
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Crump
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Arbor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Arbor is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor
    • Oran
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Oran is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <1>
    • Benton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dutchtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dutchtown.

Newspapers Published in Dutchtown ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dutchtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dutchtown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dutchtown.

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 either 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 Dutchtown:

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 Dutchtown, 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 from Point A (ie- Dutchtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.