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 Granada Meadows (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 Granada Meadows. 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 Granada Meadows ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Granada Meadows: Granada Mdws.
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 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.
Granada Meadows 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 Granada Meadows. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Granada Meadows:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Granada Meadows)
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Hillsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mapaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Otto
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Horine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Cedar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morse Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Pevely
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- House Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Scotsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Hematite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Cedar Hill Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill Lakes is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Barnhart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dittmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Hemker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Catawissa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lonedell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Luebbering
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Pacific
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pacific is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,097 people
- Former name for Pacific:
- Franklin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacific <1>
- Robertsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hensley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hensley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley
- Huff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Huff is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Gray Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moselle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Villa Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Labadie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Parkway
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Parkway is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Augusta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Schluersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- Weldon Spring Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Weldon Spring Heights is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Spring Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Weldon Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harvester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Blackwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Silver Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- French Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Settletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Settletown is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settletown
- Bonne Terre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cantwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leadwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Carondelet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Cheltenham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- University City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Saint Louis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Eureka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Crescent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Fenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Peerless Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Ranken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Mattese
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- Allenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Glencoe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sunset Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sunset Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,448 people
- Valley Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Yeatman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Oakville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Brickeys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Kinsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Needmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Bloomsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clement ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Lawrenceton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- 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
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Richwoods
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Richwoods is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Tiff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Theabeau Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Mud Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Cadet
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Old Mines
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Aptus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- French Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Mineral Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fourche a Renault is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche a Renault
- Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Potosi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Mitchie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Valmeyer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Monroe City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Chalfin Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Madonnaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Maeystown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wartburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Fults
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Waterloo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burksville Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Prairie du Rocher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Red Bud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- East Carondelet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dupo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dupo is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupo <1>
- Falling Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Cahokia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <1>
- Imbs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Millstadt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Sauget
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sauget is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauget
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sauget <1>
- Smithton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alorton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alorton is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alorton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alorton <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Granada Meadows, see our County-by-County Page for Granada Meadows.
Cemeteries Near Granada Meadows ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Granada Meadows.
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 Granada Meadows - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Granada Meadows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mahlers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harrington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Liquori Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shepherd Hills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Skullens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Victoria Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Assumption Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Herculaneum 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 Granada Meadows in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Granada Meadows.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Granada Meadows, with the one closest to Granada Meadows listed first.
- Belews Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Belews Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Jarvis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jarvis is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarvis
- Regina
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Regina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- Hillsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Antonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Antonia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonia
- Morse Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Cedar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- House Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hematite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Silica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Pevely
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Local
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Local is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Local
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Victoria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Victoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Herculaneum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Riverside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Riverside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Granada Meadows. See our List of 1890's Communities around Granada Meadows.
Newspapers Published in Granada Meadows ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Granada Meadows.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Granada Meadows, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Granada Meadows.
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 Granada Meadows:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Francois County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Washington County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair 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 Granada Meadows, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Granada Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |