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 Eads Square Park (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 Eads Square Park. 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.
Name Variations for Eads Square Park ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
- A typical abbreviation for Eads Square Park: Eads Sq. Park (or less commonly used: Eads Sqr. Park)
- While the name of this community is Eads Square Park, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Eads Square Park may originally have been Ead's Square Park.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Eads Square Park might be written as Ead Square Park.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Newspapers Published in Eads Square Park ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eads Square Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eads Square Park, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eads Square Park.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Eads Square Park:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
Cemeteries Near Eads Square Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eads Square Park.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eads Square Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eads Square Park, with the one closest to Eads Square Park listed first.
- Concordia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concordia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concordia Cemetery
- Western Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Western Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Western Lutheran Cemetery
- Old St. Marcus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
- St.s Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261610 <4>
- St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) has also been known as:
- St. Marcus Commemorative Park
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30670 <4>
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Matthew Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Matthew Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31361 <4>
- Holy Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brooklyn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooklyn Cemetery
- Lakewood Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakewood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakewood Park Cemetery
- New St. Marcus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New St. Marcus Cemetery
- St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marcus Cemetery (New) is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30499 <4>
- Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The Gatewood Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Picker Cemetery
- St. Louis Memorial Gardens
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #958964 <4>
- Continue List (464 more) ...
- Bellefontaine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellefontaine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27534 <4>
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27890 <4>
- Resurrection Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resurrection Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
- Bellefontaine Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find Eads Square Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eads Square Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eads Square Park, with the one closest to Eads Square Park listed first.
- Saint Louis
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
- Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297,645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Louis <6>
- Tower Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tower Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Cahokia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
- Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <6>
- Cheltenham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheltenham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Gratiot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Clifton Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Heights
- Clifton Heights is located in Saint Louis City
- Carondelet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- East Saint Louis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Saint Louis
- East Saint Louis is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,776 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Saint Louis <6>
- Venice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Venice is located in Madison County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,852 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venice <6>
- Benton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Ellendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - East Carondelet
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Carondelet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carondelet
- East Carondelet is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Carondelet <6>
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Newport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Hillsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Wellston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eads Square Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eads Square Park.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Eads Square Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Eads Square Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eads Square Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6165, Longitude: -90.2217 In this case, the coordinates for Eads Square Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Eads Square Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |