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 Giboney (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 Giboney. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Giboney 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 Giboney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Giboney:
- Perry County (The home county of Giboney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Lithium
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Sereno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- McBride
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Silver Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Perryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Longtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Biehle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Eureka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farrar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Brazeau
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Patton Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Sedgewickville
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Seopus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Friedheim
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Old Appleton
(20 miles [32.2 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Oak Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Millersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Junction City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Cornwall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Fredericktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cobalt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Millcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Marquand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- 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 Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Knob Lick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- French Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leadington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Doe Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Doe Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
- Esther
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Hamilton Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Cantwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Flat River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Park Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Desloge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elvins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Minnith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Ozora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Saint Mary
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quarry Town
(8 miles [12.9 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
- River aux Vases
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Clearwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Coffman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Sainte Genevieve
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- New Offenburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Weingarten
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Avon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Degognia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Campbell Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jacob
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ava
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Gorham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grand Tower
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Renault
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fults
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Willisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cutler
(28 miles [45.1 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 Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Dozaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Menard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rockwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Palestine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Modoc
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leanderville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Welge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Giboney, see our County-by-County Page for Giboney.
Cemeteries Near Giboney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Giboney.
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 Giboney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Giboney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Voelker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Roth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mange Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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. Marys of the Barrens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Rose of Lima Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Preston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kaskaskia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
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 Giboney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Giboney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Giboney, with the one closest to Giboney listed first.
- Brewer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Minnith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Saint Mary
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lithium
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Sereno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Silver Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Perryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- River aux Vases
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Kaskaskia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Claryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claryville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claryville
- Menard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Belgique
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Belgique is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgique
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coffman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Giboney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Giboney.
Newspapers Published in Giboney ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Giboney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Giboney, 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 Giboney.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Giboney:
- 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
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Randolph 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 Giboney, 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- Giboney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |