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 Friendly Valley (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 Friendly Valley. 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 Friendly Valley ...
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 Friendly Valley: Friendly Vly. (or less commonly used: Friendly Vally. or Friendly Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Friendly Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Friendly Valley.
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 hospitals and 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.
Friendly Valley is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Jackson (IL), Randolph (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Saint Francois & Sainte Genevieve.
Below are the counties that are near Friendly Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Friendly Valley:
- Perry County (The home county of Friendly Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Perryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Millheim
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Biehle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Longtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Sereno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Lithium
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Uniontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Farrar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Brazeau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Patton Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seopus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Glenallen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Marble Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lutesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Laflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Friedheim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Appleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Daisy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Oak Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Millersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pocahontas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burfordville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Leemon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crump
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Cornwall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Mine La Motte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Cobalt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Junction City
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Tin Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Knob Lick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Minnith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Saint Mary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ozora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Clearwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Womack
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Coffman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- River aux Vases
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Quarry Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- Avon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Sainte Genevieve
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- New Offenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Degognia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Jacob
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grand Tower
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gorham
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Campbell Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ava
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ava is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <1>
- Perry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Willisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cutler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Dozaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rockwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Leanderville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- New Palestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Bremen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Welge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Ellis Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Steeleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union County (IL)
- Wolf Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Friendly Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Friendly Valley.
Cemeteries Near Friendly Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Friendly Valley.
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 Friendly Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Friendly Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- St. Marys of the Barrens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Perryville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30327 <2>
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Friedenberg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Perryville.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immanuel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29496 <2>
- St. Rose of Lima Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Campground Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meyer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Maurus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Horn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shrum Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baptist Shed 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 Friendly Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Friendly Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Friendly Valley, with the one closest to Friendly Valley listed first.
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Perryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Millheim
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Biehle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Brewer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Longtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Sereno
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Yount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yount is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- Friedheim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Alliance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Crosstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crosstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosstown
- Minnith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Arnsberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arnsberg is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnsberg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Friendly Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Friendly Valley.
Newspapers Published in Friendly Valley ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendly Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Friendly Valley, 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 Friendly Valley.
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 Friendly Valley:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Saint Francois County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Jackson County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Union 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 Friendly Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Friendly Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |