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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Koch. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Koch to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Koch, please Contact Us.
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 Koch (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 Koch. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Koch is historic, it would have been located within present day Saint Louis 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 Saint Louis County: Madison (IL), Monroe (IL), Saint Clair (IL), Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles & Saint Louis.
Below are the counties that are near Koch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Koch:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Koch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Oakville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Mehlville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mehlville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehlville
- Ivory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ivory is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Lemay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lemay is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemay
- Mattese
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- Bella Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bella Villa is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bella Villa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Saint George
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Saint George is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Estimated population in 2011: 1,336 people
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Green Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,614 people
- Lakeshire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeshire is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,385 people
- Wilbur Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wilbur Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 466 people
- Affton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Grantwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grantwood Village is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantwood Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 855 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Pacific
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pacific is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,097 people
- Former name for Pacific:
- Franklin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacific <2>
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Catawissa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Albans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gray Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Robertsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hemker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Labadie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Arnold
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flamm City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Maxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Imperial
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmswick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Barnhart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- High Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Parkdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Peaceful Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Pevely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Byrnes Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Harvester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Alton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gardnerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Weldon Spring Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring Heights is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Spring Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- All Saints Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Peters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Portage Des Sioux
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dardenne Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Carondelet
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Cheltenham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Saint Louis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- University City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Baden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Brickeys
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Needmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Clement ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Kinsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Newport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granite City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Collinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pontoon Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Maryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Carbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poag
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poag is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Hartford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Columbia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valmeyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Waterloo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wartburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Madonnaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Burksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Maeystown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Burksville Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Chalfin Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Mitchie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Hecker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Red Bud
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ruma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Prairie du Rocher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Dupo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dupo is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupo <2>
- East Carondelet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Imbs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Cahokia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <2>
- Sauget
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sauget is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauget
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sauget <2>
- Millstadt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Centreville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Alorton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alorton is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alorton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alorton <2>
- East Saint Louis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- National City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gartside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gartside is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gartside
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Koch, see our County-by-County Page for Koch.
Cemeteries Near Koch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Koch.
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 Koch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Koch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Palmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Evangelical UCC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Park Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
- St.s Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261610 <3>
- New Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Our Redeemer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Koch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Koch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Koch, with the one closest to Koch listed first.
- Oakville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Cliff Cave
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cliff Cave is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Cave
- Jefferson Barracks
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jefferson Barracks is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Barracks
- Mehlville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mehlville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehlville
- Millstadt Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Millstadt Junction is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstadt Junction
- Ivory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ivory is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Mattese
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- White House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White House is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House
- Columbia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vulcan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vulcan is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- East Carondelet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Affton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Carondelet
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Maxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Falling Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Koch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Koch.
Newspapers Published in Koch ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Koch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Koch, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Koch.
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 helpful 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 Koch:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saint Louis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Koch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Koch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |