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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 Lake (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 Lake. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Lake is located in 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 Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake:

  • Saint Louis County     (The home county of Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake, with the one closest to Lake listed first.
    • Fernridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Fernridge is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge
    • Maryland Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Maryland Heights is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,895 people
    • Town and Country
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Town and Country is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
    • Chesterfield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Creve Coeur
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Creve Coeur is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
    • Vigus
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Champ
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Champ is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
    • Country Life Acres
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Life Acres is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Life Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Westwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Westwood is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
    • Clarkson Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Clarkson Valley is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
    • Gumbo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ballwin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Ballwin is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,094 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballwin <1>
    • Crystal Lake Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Crystal Lake Park is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
  • Franklin County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake, with the one closest to Lake listed first.
    • Murphy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Murphy is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Parkdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Peaceful Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
    • High Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Byrnes Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • House Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Maxville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Arnold
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Arnold is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,145 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <1>
    • Lake Tekakwitha
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Scotsdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Flamm City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Flamm City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
    • Otto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Imperial
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln County
  • Saint Charles County
  • Saint Louis City
  • Warren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake, with the one closest to Lake listed first.
    • Dutzow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Village of Three Creeks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Village of Three Creeks is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Three Creeks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
      • Village of Three Creeks has also been known as:
      • Three Creeks village
    • Wright City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Innsbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Innsbrook is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Innsbrook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
      • Innsbrook has also been known as:
      • Innsbrook village
    • Marthasville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Calhoun County (IL)
  • Jersey County (IL)
  • Madison County (IL)
  • Monroe County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake, with the one closest to Lake listed first.
    • Columbia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia is located in Monroe County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,627 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <1>
    • Valmeyer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Foster Pond ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waterloo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Waterloo is located in Monroe County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,536 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <1>
  • Saint Clair County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake, with the one closest to Lake listed first.
    • East Carondelet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Brooklyn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
    • Cahokia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • National City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • East Saint Louis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sauget
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • 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 <1>
    • Dupo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Falling Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Alorton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • 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 <1>
    • Centreville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
    • Fairmont City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
    • Washington Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Imbs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Lake.

Cemeteries Near Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake.

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 Lake - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake, with the one closest to Lake listed first.

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, Lake had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake, with the one closest to Lake listed first.

  • Fernridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fernridge is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge
  • Creve Coeur
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Creve Coeur is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
  • Vigus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stevens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Stevens is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
  • Harvester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gumbo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ballwin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ballwin is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballwin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,094 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballwin <1>
  • Manchester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Des Peres
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Des Peres is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Peres
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,724 people
  • Ellisville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Olivette
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pattonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pattonville is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonville
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Bridgeton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeton is located in Saint Louis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,498 people
    • Saint Charles
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Weldon Spring
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake.

Newspapers Published in Lake ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake, 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 Lake.

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 Lake:

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 Lake, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.