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 Echo Lake Ranch (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 Echo Lake Ranch. 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 Echo Lake Ranch ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Echo Lake Ranch: Echo Lk. Rnch.
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.
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 doctors 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.
Echo Lake Ranch 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 Echo Lake Ranch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Echo Lake Ranch:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Echo Lake Ranch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Byrnes Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- High Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peaceful Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Parkdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- House Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scotsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Murphy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Otto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Cedar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tekakwitha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Tekakwitha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tekakwitha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Cedar Hill Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Pacific
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Catawissa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gray Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Robertsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Albans
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Hemker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Labadie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lonedell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Villa Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Moselle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Defiance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Weldon Spring Heights is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Spring Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Weldon Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Augusta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Schluersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- Cottleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Harvester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Dardenne Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saint Peters
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gardnerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Francois County
- Blackwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Carondelet
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Cheltenham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- University City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Tower Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Saint Louis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Baden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Crescent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Eureka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yeatman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Ranken
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Allenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Peerless Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Grover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Valley Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ballwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Dutzow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Village of Three Creeks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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
- Marthasville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Richwoods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Richwoods is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Theabeau Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Tiff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Calhoun County (IL)
- Golden Eagle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Granite City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Valmeyer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Mitchie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Monroe City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Madonnaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Chalfin Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Wartburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Waterloo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Maeystown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Burksville Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- East Carondelet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dupo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dupo is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupo <1>
- Falling Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Cahokia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <1>
- Imbs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Sauget
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sauget is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauget
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sauget <1>
- Centreville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Alorton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alorton is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alorton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alorton <1>
- Millstadt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- East Saint Louis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- National City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Echo Lake Ranch, see our County-by-County Page for Echo Lake Ranch.
Cemeteries Near Echo Lake Ranch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Echo Lake Ranch.
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 Echo Lake Ranch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Echo Lake Ranch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- Ranken Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- J.J. McCormack Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J.J. McCormack Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the J.J. McCormack Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Fenton.
- The J.J. McCormack Cemetery has also been known as:
- McCormack Cemetery
- McCormick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30077 <3>
- Skullens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peterson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New St. Bridgets Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Old St. Bridgets Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pacific Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (286 more) ...
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Richardson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Echo Lake Ranch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Echo Lake Ranch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Echo Lake Ranch, with the one closest to Echo Lake Ranch listed first.
- High Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- House Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crescent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Rock Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Eureka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Byrnesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Byrnesville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrnesville
- Sherman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sherman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Local
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Local is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Local
- Yeatman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Glencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ranken
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Allenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cedar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Regina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Regina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Grover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Echo Lake Ranch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Echo Lake Ranch.
Newspapers Published in Echo Lake Ranch ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Echo Lake Ranch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Echo Lake Ranch, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Echo Lake Ranch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Echo Lake Ranch:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Francois County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Calhoun County
- Madison 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Echo Lake Ranch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Echo Lake Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |