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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ezra. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ezra to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ezra, please Contact Us.
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 Ezra (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 Ezra. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Ezra is historic, it would have been located within present day Bollinger 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 Bollinger County: Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, Stoddard & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Ezra. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ezra:
- Bollinger County (The home county of Ezra)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Patton Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgewickville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Seopus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Glenallen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Lutesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grassy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Laflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Buchanan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Gipsy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Zalma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Friedheim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Daisy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Millersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Oak Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Burfordville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Appleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Shawneetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Crump
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Pocahontas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitewater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Gordonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Arcadia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ironton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- English Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- English Town is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- Pilot Knob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Cornwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Marquand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cobalt
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Junction City
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Millcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Mine La Motte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Tin Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Saco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Silver Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Millheim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Biehle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Perryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Uniontown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Eureka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Sereno
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Lithium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Farrar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Brazeau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Frohna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Knob Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Doe Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Doe Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
- Mineral City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral City is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Leadington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Park Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Esther
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Iron Mountain Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Iron Mountain Lake is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Elvins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Flat River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Womack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Clearwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Coffman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Minnith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Ozora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- River aux Vases
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Chestnut Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Jonca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Saint Mary
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Weingarten
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Sprott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sprott is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprott
- New Offenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Cascade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Clubb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clubb is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubb
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lowndes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Brunot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brunot is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunot
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Dozaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Menard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ezra, see our County-by-County Page for Ezra.
Cemeteries Near Ezra ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ezra.
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 Ezra - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ezra covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Underwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Patton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Patton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #183848 <3>
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rhodes Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grindestaff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bollinger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shrum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dalton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (351 more) ...
- Peterman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Slinkard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flatwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
While we didn't find Ezra in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ezra.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ezra, with the one closest to Ezra listed first.
- Yount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yount is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- Alliance
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Cornwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Patton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marquand
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Silver Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Fredericktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Bessville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bessville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessville
- Millheim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Zion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zion is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Biehle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Libertyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Libertyville is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ezra. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ezra.
Newspapers Published in Ezra ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ezra.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ezra, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ezra.
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 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 Ezra:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Bollinger County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- Iron County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Wayne County
- Randolph County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ezra, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Ezra) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |