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 Highland (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 Highland. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Highland is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Jackson (IL), Randolph (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Saint Francois & Sainte Genevieve.
Below are the counties that are near Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland:
- Perry County (The home county of Highland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Millheim
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Perryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Biehle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Longtown
(6 miles [9.7 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Sereno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Farrar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Lithium
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Brazeau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Frohna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(10 miles [16.1 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 Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Seopus
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Glenallen
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Laflin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Grassy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Friedheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Appleton
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Oak Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Millersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pocahontas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burfordville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Leemon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crump
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Gordonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Cornwall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Marquand
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Junction City
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Cobalt
(23 miles [37 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Millcreek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Tin Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Knob Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Minnith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Saint Mary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clearwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Ozora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Womack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Coffman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- River aux Vases
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Quarry Town
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Avon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Sainte Genevieve
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- New Offenburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Weingarten
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Degognia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Jacob
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grand Tower
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gorham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ava
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Campbell Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oraville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County (IL)
- Willisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Rockwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dozaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leanderville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Bremen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Welge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Ellis Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Shiloh Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Steeleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Union County (IL)
- Wolf Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland, see our County-by-County Page for Highland.
Cemeteries Near Highland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland.
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 Highland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Perryville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30327 <2>
- St. Maurus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friedenberg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys of the Barrens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Perryville.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immanuel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29496 <2>
- St. Rose of Lima Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Shrum Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist Shed Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Highland had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Millheim
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Biehle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Perryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Longtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Friedheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brewer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Yount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yount is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- Alliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Arnsberg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arnsberg is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnsberg
- Sereno
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Old Appleton
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Crosstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crosstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosstown
- Daisy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland.
Newspapers Published in Highland ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Highland:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Saint Francois County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Jackson County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Union 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 Highland, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |