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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 Heitmans Mill (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 Heitmans Mill. 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 Heitmans Mill ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Heitmans Mill: Heitmans Ml. (or less commonly used: Heitmans Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Heitmans Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Heitmans Mill may originally have been Heitman's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Heitmans Mill might be written as Heitman Mill.
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 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.
Heitmans Mill 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 Heitmans Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Heitmans Mill:
- Bollinger County (The home county of Heitmans Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Patton Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sedgewickville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Seopus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Glenallen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Lutesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grassy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Laflin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Buchanan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Friedheim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Daisy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Millersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Old Appleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Burfordville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Shawneetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Pocahontas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Crump
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Leemon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Cornwall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Marquand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cobalt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Mine La Motte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Millcreek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Tin Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Saco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Millheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Biehle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Perryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Eureka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Sereno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Lithium
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Farrar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- McBride
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Brazeau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Knob Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- 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
- Mineral City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mineral City is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Leadington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Park Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Womack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Clearwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Minnith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Coffman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Ozora
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- River aux Vases
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- 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
- Saint Mary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Quarry Town
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Jonca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Weingarten
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Wayne County
- Cascade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Grand Tower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jacob
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Degognia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Gorham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Dozaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Menard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Palestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Leanderville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Bremen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Welge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Heitmans Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Heitmans Mill.
Cemeteries Near Heitmans Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heitmans Mill.
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 Heitmans Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Heitmans Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shrum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bollinger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grindestaff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Patton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Patton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Patton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #183848 <3>
- Flatwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Bollinger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Campground Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Rose of Lima Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (345 more) ...
- Dalton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Statler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Underwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Heitmans Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Heitmans Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Heitmans Mill, with the one closest to Heitmans Mill listed first.
- Yount
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Yount is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- Alliance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Patton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Millheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Biehle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Cornwall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Friedheim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Perryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marquand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Daisy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arnsberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Arnsberg is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnsberg
- Brewer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Fredericktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Heitmans Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heitmans Mill.
Newspapers Published in Heitmans Mill ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heitmans Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heitmans Mill, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Heitmans Mill.
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 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 Heitmans Mill:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Bollinger County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Wayne County
- Jackson County
- Randolph County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Heitmans Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Heitmans Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |