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 Frumet (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 Frumet. 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 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 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.
Frumet 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 Frumet. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frumet:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Frumet)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet listed first.
- Fletcher
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Ware
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- De Soto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Morse Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grubville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grubville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubville
- Oermann
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oermann is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oermann
- Hematite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Cedar Hill Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Olympian Village
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Dittmer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mapaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet listed first.
- West Sullivan
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scotia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scotia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet listed first.
- Luebbering
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Hemker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Hensley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hensley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley
- Huff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huff is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Lonedell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Catawissa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Robertsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moselle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Parkway
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anaconda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anaconda is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaconda
- Caseyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Caseyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Saint Charles County
- Augusta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet listed first.
- Blackwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Silver Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Settletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Settletown is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settletown
- Bonne Terre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- French Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leadwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Desloge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wortham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wortham is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Cantwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Elvins
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Esther
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Flat River
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet 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
- Ranken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Fenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Peerless Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Mattese
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet listed first.
- Kinsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Needmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Lawrenceton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Brickeys
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sprott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sprott is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprott
- Clement ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Rocky Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Jonca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet listed first.
- Richwoods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Richwoods is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Theabeau Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Mud Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Tiff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- 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
- Cadet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Aptus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Fourche a Renault ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fourche a Renault is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche a Renault
- 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
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet listed first.
- Mitchie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Chalfin Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Monroe City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Valmeyer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Madonnaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Maeystown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fults
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Wartburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Burksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Renault
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frumet, see our County-by-County Page for Frumet.
Cemeteries Near Frumet ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frumet.
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 Frumet - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frumet covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet listed first.
- Stafford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McCain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oakland Mammoth Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maness Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Politte Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Masonic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Blackwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Stephen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Pinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Joachim Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Frumet had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frumet, with the one closest to Frumet listed first.
- Ware
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ware is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Fertile
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fertile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertile
- Vineland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vineland is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- De Soto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blackwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Morse Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Grubville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grubville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubville
- Victoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Victoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- 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
- Luebbering
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Oermann
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oermann is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oermann
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Aptus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- Cadet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hemker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frumet. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frumet.
Newspapers Published in Frumet ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frumet.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frumet, 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 Frumet.
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 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 Frumet:
- 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 Frumet, 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- Frumet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |