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 Grassy (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 Grassy. 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.
Grassy is located in Bollinger 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 Bollinger County: Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, Stoddard & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Grassy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grassy:
- Bollinger County (The home county of Grassy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Buchanan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Glenallen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Lutesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gipsy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Zalma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Leopold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Greenbrier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Laflin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Seopus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Sturdivant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Patton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Butler County
- Rombauer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Crump
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Gravel Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Whitewater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Green Cox
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Burfordville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Allenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Millersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Randles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Gordonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Daisy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Des Arc
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Des Arc is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Vulcan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vulcan is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Marquand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cornwall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Saco
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Millcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Cobalt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Junction City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Tin Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Mine La Motte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Millheim
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Biehle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Silver Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Womack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Perkins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Caney Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Chaffee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oran
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Vanduser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Advance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brownwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Leora
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Tillman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Puxico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Painton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Bell City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Guam ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Cascade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Hiram
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Lowndes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Clubb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Clubb is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubb
- McGee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- McGee is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
- Shook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook
- Bounds
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bounds is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds
- Lodi
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lodi is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Silva
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wappapello
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Brunot
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brunot is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunot
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grassy, see our County-by-County Page for Grassy.
Cemeteries Near Grassy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grassy.
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 Grassy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grassy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Patterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Myers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mouser Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cane Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shelton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clubb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eakers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kinder Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- Ivy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crites Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Grassy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grassy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grassy, with the one closest to Grassy listed first.
- Buchanan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Glenallen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Bessville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bessville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessville
- Gravelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gravelton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Zalma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Lutesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Leopold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Marquand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Lowndes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Greenbrier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Laflin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sturdivant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Castor ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Castor is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castor
- Brownwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grassy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grassy.
Newspapers Published in Grassy ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grassy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grassy, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grassy.
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 either 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 Grassy:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Bollinger County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Iron County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Grassy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Grassy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |