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 Fletcher (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 Fletcher. 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 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.
Fletcher 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 Fletcher. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fletcher:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Fletcher)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Ware
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Grubville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grubville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubville
- De Soto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oermann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oermann is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oermann
- Morse Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dittmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Lakes is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Hematite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Cedar Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mapaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Knorpp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Olympian Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- West Sullivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Sullivan is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Saint Cloud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Cloud is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Bourbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scotia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Scotia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Leasburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Luebbering
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Hensley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hensley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley
- Huff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Hemker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Lonedell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Catawissa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Robertsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moselle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Parkway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parkway is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Saint Clair
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Caseyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Caseyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Miramiguoa Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Miramiguoa Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miramiguoa Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Anaconda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anaconda is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaconda
- Saint Charles County
- Augusta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Blackwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Silver Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Settletown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Settletown is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settletown
- Bonne Terre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leadwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- French Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wortham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wortham is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Cantwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flat River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Rivermines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Elvins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Esther
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Allenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Eureka
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Crescent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Glencoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Yeatman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Grover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Melrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Wildwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ranken
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Peerless Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Valley Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Kinsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Needmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Lawrenceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Brickeys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Bloomsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sprott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sprott is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprott
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Richwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Richwoods is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Theabeau Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Mud Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Old Mines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Aptus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- Tiff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Cadet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fourche a Renault ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fourche a Renault is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche a Renault
- French Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Mineral Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mineral Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Potosi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Irondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Mitchie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Chalfin Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Monroe City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Valmeyer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Madonnaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Maeystown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fults
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Wartburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fletcher, see our County-by-County Page for Fletcher.
Cemeteries Near Fletcher ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fletcher.
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 Fletcher - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fletcher covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Maness Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McCain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stafford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Mammoth Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Stephen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephen Cemetery
- The St. Stephen Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Stephen Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31398 <2>
- Emily Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Asplin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (309 more) ...
- Masonic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Politte Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary 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.<3>
While we didn't find Fletcher in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fletcher.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fletcher, with the one closest to Fletcher listed first.
- Frumet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Frumet is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frumet
- Ware
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Fertile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fertile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertile
- Vineland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vineland is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Luebbering
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Grubville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Grubville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubville
- De Soto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morse Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Oermann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oermann is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oermann
- Aptus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- Hemker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Old Mines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Blackwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Victoria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Victoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fletcher. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fletcher.
Newspapers Published in Fletcher ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fletcher.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fletcher, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fletcher.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Fletcher:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Francois County
- Saint Louis County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Washington County
- Monroe 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 Fletcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Fletcher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |