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 Hicks (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 Hicks. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hicks is located in Sainte Genevieve 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 Sainte Genevieve County: Monroe (IL), Randolph (IL), Jefferson, Perry & Saint Francois.
Below are the counties that are near Hicks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hicks:
- Sainte Genevieve County (The home county of Hicks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Quarry Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- Sainte Genevieve
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Mary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ozora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- River aux Vases
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Minnith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Zell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- New Offenburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Clement ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Weingarten
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Patton Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Sedgewickville
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Friedheim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Old Appleton
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Flucom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Knorpp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Valles Mines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crystal City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olympian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Festus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Junction City
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Cobalt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Lithium
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Perryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Millheim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Eureka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Longtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Farrar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Biehle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Brazeau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- French Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Knob Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Esther
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Leadington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cantwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- 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)
- Hamilton Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Elvins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Rivermines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks 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
(24 miles [38.6 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>
- Jacob
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Renault
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fults
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Chalfin Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Hecker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Madonnaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Mitchie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Monroe City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Wartburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Perry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Willisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cutler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Denmark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Conant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Conant is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Dozaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Ellis Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Menard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Modoc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- New Palestine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prairie du Rocher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Bremen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walsh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Preston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Marissa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marissa is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marissa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marissa <1>
- Lenzburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Athens is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Washington County (IL)
- Clarmin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clarmin is located in Washington County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hicks, see our County-by-County Page for Hicks.
Cemeteries Near Hicks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hicks.
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 Hicks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hicks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kaskaskia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Valle Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Roth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Voelker Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mann Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stipe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hicks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hicks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hicks, with the one closest to Hicks listed first.
- Saint Mary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kaskaskia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Sainte Genevieve
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- River aux Vases
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Ellis Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Minnith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Lithium
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Menard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Zell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Modoc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Claryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Claryville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claryville
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brewer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- New Palestine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Sereno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hicks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hicks.
Newspapers Published in Hicks ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hicks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hicks, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hicks.
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 Hicks:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Sainte Genevieve County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Washington 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 Hicks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hicks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |