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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about French Village. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added French Village to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with French Village, 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 French Village (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 French Village. 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 French Village ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for French Village: French Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named French Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for French Village.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of French Village is historic, it would have been located within present day Osage 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 Osage County: Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Maries, Miller & Montgomery.
Below are the counties that are near French Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to French Village:
- Osage County (The home county of French Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Bonnots Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Loose Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Westphalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chamois
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Folk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Koeltztown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Freeburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Koenig
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Argyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Byron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Meta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Oldham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pierpont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Tebbetts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Hord ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Mokane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holts Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Mykee Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- New Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Steedman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Steedman is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
- Folsom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Portland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kingdom City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lindbergh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Osage City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Taos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Jefferson City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <2>
- Wardsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Scruggs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Saint Thomas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Saint Martins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Lohman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Centertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Henley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Henley is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Hickory Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Decatur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Morrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Sterling
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Gasconade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Bland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Owensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hermann
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Maries County
- The following are listed by their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Belle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paydown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Vienna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lindell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Lanes Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Saint Elizabeth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marys Home
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Etterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Etterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etterville
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- McGirk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Bluffton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Americus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Starkenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Rhineland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKittrick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Big Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to French Village, see our County-by-County Page for French Village.
Cemeteries Near French Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of French Village.
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 French Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for French Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Verdot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cadet Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- High Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Thorp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Help Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Farmer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Osage City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Laughlin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weislocker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Link Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 French Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of French Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from French Village, with the one closest to French Village listed first.
- Bonnots Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Osage City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Cote Sans Dessein ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cote Sans Dessein is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cote Sans Dessein
- Cote Sans Dessein has also been known as:
- Parkersville
- Effie ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Effie is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
- Loose Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Frankenstein
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Frankenstein is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenstein
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
- Hord ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Taos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Luystown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Luystown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luystown
- Westphalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Holts Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around French Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around French Village.
Newspapers Published in French Village ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around French Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of French Village, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for French Village.
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 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 French Village:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Osage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Callaway County
- Cole County
- Gasconade County
- Maries County
- Miller County
- Moniteau County
- Montgomery 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 French Village, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- French Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |