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 Frohna (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 Frohna. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Frohna 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 Frohna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frohna:
- Perry County (The home county of Frohna)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Altenburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brazeau
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Farrar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Uniontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Eureka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Longtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Biehle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Perryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Sereno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- McBride
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Lithium
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Patton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seopus
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Patton Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Laflin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Lutesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Old Appleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Shawneetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Friedheim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leemon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Daisy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Millersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burfordville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Cape Girardeau
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Saint Mary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Ozora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Quarry Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- Clearwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Scott City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kelso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- East Cape Girardeau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- McClure
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Elco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Grand Tower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jacob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Degognia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Murphysboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ava
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Campbell Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oraville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Makanda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vergennes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- De Soto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Willisville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Denmark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Cutler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pyatts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pyatts is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatts
- Conant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Conant is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Rockwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Leanderville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Shiloh Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Welge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Menard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bremen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Steeleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Percy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dozaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- New Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Blair
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Wolf Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alto Pass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cobden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Anna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Anna is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <1>
- Jonesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Water Valley is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Dutch Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Mill Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Lick Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Williamson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Cambria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Blairsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Hurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hurst is located in Williamson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurst <1>
- Carterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bush is located in Williamson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frohna, see our County-by-County Page for Frohna.
Cemeteries Near Frohna ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frohna.
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 Frohna - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frohna covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Concordia Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brazeau Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grace Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Salem Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walker Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hudson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Henson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Neunert Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sides Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (365 more) ...
- Goodbread Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Baptist Shed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Frohna in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frohna.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frohna, with the one closest to Frohna listed first.
- Altenburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brazeau
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Uniontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Old Appleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- New Wells ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Wells is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wells
- Wittenberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wittenberg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Seventysix
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seventysix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventysix
- Shawneetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Grand Tower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lovejoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lovejoy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Grand Eddy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Eddy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Eddy
- Longtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arnsberg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arnsberg is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnsberg
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Aldridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aldridge is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frohna. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frohna.
Newspapers Published in Frohna ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frohna.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frohna, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frohna.
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 Frohna:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Scott County
- Alexander County
- Jackson County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Williamson 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 Frohna, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Frohna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |