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 Illmo (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 Illmo. 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 and doctors 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.
Illmo is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Alexander (IL), Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Illmo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Illmo:
- Scott County (The home county of Illmo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Scott City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kelso
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Commerce
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Benton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chaffee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lambert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Caney Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Oran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Blodgett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Haywood City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Laflin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Seopus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Lutesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sedgewickville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Glenallen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Greenbrier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Sturdivant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Cape Girardeau
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dutchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Gordonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Jackson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Randles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Whitewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Leemon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Crump
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Green Cox
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Bertrand
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Greenfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wilson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Wyatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Anniston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Whiting
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Sikeston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Morehouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Altenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Frohna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Uniontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Painton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Bell City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Tillman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Advance
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brownwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Guam ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Circle City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Thebes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- East Cape Girardeau
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- McClure
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Diswood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Miller City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Tamms
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <1>
- Unity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cache
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Grand Tower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pomona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Johnson County (IL)
- Cypress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Pulaski
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Ullin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mounds
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Mound City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olmsted
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Perks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Grand Chain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Grand Chain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Karnak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Mill Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Dutch Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Wolf Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anna is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <1>
- Dongola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cobden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alto Pass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Water Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Water Valley is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Barlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Wickliffe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Illmo, see our County-by-County Page for Illmo.
Cemeteries Near Illmo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Illmo.
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 Illmo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Illmo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lightner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bonhardt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Westerwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Garner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hobbs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grays Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ancell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spradlin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bracken Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (337 more) ...
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clymer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brown Homestead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Illmo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Illmo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Illmo, with the one closest to Illmo listed first.
- Kelso
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thebes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Commerce
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Cape Girardeau
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Cape Girardeau
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- McClure
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dutchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Olive Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caney Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Oran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Willard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willard is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Delta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Morley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Illmo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Illmo.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Illmo ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Illmo.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Illmo. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Illmo and those printed in the larger area surrounding Illmo.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Illmo.
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 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 Illmo:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Perry County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Pulaski County
- Union County
- Ballard 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 Illmo, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Illmo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |