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 Grantwood (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 Grantwood. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Grantwood is located in Saint Louis 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 Saint Louis County: Madison (IL), Monroe (IL), Saint Clair (IL), Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles & Saint Louis.
Below are the counties that are near Grantwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grantwood:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Grantwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Affton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Grantwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grantwood Village is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantwood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 855 people
- Wilbur Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wilbur Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Marlborough
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Marlborough is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,142 people
- Lakeshire
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lakeshire is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,385 people
- Crestwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crestwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,833 people
- Shrewsbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,063 people
- Mackenzie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mackenzie is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackenzie
- Estimated population in 2018: 131 people
- Oakland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,375 people
- Concord
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Green Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Green Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,614 people
- Saint George
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint George is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Estimated population in 2011: 1,336 people
- Sappington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Pacific
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Albans
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Catawissa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gray Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Labadie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Robertsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hemker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Boles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Villa Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Arnold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Murphy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Flamm City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Parkdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Imperial
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kimmswick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- High Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceful Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Barnhart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Byrnes Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- House Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Harvester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Cottleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- West Alton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Saint Peters
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dardenne Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Portage Des Sioux
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- O'Fallon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Carondelet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Cheltenham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- University City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Baden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Calhoun County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Golden Eagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Plain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Brussels
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jersey County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Elsah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chautauqua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Grafton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Granite City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Pontoon Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Collinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Maryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Poag
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Poag is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- South Roxana
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- South Roxana is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Roxana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Columbia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Valmeyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Waterloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wartburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Madonnaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Burksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Chalfin Bridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mitchie
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Burksville Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Hecker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County (IL)
- Red Bud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- East Carondelet
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dupo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Cahokia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Falling Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Sauget
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Imbs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Brooklyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- National City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alorton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Centreville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- East Saint Louis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmont City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- Washington Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grantwood, see our County-by-County Page for Grantwood.
Cemeteries Near Grantwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grantwood.
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 Grantwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grantwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Sunset Burial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Our Redeemer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sappington Grave Yard
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eddy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Lucas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lucas Cemetery
- The St. Lucas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Park Hill Cemetery
- St. Johns Evangelical UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New St. Marcus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (419 more) ...
- Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The Gatewood Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Picker Cemetery
- St. Louis Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #958964 <2>
- Lakewood Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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 Grantwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grantwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grantwood, with the one closest to Grantwood listed first.
- Affton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Sappington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Webster Groves
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Webster Groves is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,896 people
- Shrewsbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,063 people
- Oakland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,375 people
- Mehlville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mehlville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehlville
- Rock Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,863 people
- Kirkwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,866 people
- Windsor Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Windsor Springs is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Springs
- Mattese
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- Jefferson Barracks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Barracks is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Barracks
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ivory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ivory is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Carondelet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Brentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brentwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,953 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grantwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grantwood.
Newspapers Published in Grantwood ...
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 592 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grantwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grantwood, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grantwood.
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 Grantwood:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saint Louis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Calhoun County
- Jersey County
- Madison 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 Grantwood, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grantwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |