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 Kelso (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 Kelso. 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 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 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.
Kelso 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 Kelso. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kelso:
- Scott County (The home county of Kelso)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Scott City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Commerce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Benton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lambert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Chaffee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Caney Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Oran
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Haywood City
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Blodgett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Perkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Vanduser
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Laflin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Seopus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Lutesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Greenbrier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Glenallen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Sturdivant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- 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
- Zalma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Cape Girardeau
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dutchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Gordonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delta
(10 miles [16.1 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>
- Allenville
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Randles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Whitewater
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Jackson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crump
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Green Cox
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Leemon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Burfordville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Bertrand
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
- 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
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- East Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Whiting
(29 miles [46.7 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 Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Sikeston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Morehouse
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Matthews
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ogden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Altenburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Frohna
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Painton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Bell City
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Advance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brownwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Guam ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Circle City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Grayridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Leora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Bloomfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Thebes
(5 miles [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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Diswood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Miller City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Tamms
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cache
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Elco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Jackson County (IL)
- Grand Tower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Pulaski
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mounds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Villa Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Ullin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mound City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Olmsted
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Perks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grand Chain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Grand Chain
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Mill Creek
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Wolf Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cobden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alto Pass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Barlow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kelso, see our County-by-County Page for Kelso.
Cemeteries Near Kelso ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kelso.
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 Kelso - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kelso covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- Ancell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clymer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spradlin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lightner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bonhardt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westerwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sanders Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- Oakdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Commerce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Kelso had a population of 45 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Kelso had a population of 589 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kelso, with the one closest to Kelso listed first.
- New Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Thebes
(5 miles [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
- Benton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Commerce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Cape Girardeau
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dutchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Caney Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Oran
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- McClure
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delta
(10 miles [16.1 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>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Olive Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Allenville
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Randles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kelso. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kelso.
Newspapers Published in Kelso ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kelso.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kelso, 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 Kelso.
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 Kelso:
- 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
- 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> | 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 Kelso, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Kelso) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |