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 Leopold (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 Leopold. 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 hospitals 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.
Leopold is located in Bollinger 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 Bollinger County: Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, Stoddard & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Leopold. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leopold:
- Bollinger County (The home county of Leopold)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Laflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Lutesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenallen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Seopus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Grassy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Greenbrier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Zalma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Buchanan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Sturdivant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Gipsy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Patton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sedgewickville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Crump
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Whitewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Gravel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Allenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Green Cox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Burfordville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Randles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Millersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dutchtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Gordonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Marquand
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cornwall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Cobalt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millcreek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Junction City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Saco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Biehle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Millheim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Uniontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Longtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Silver Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Eureka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Perkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Chaffee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Caney Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Oran
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Kelso
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Scott City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Vanduser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Lambert
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Crowder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Haywood City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Advance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brownwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Tillman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Painton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Bell City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Leora
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Puxico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Guam ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Circle City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Grayridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- McGee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- McGee is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
- Cascade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Lowndes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Hiram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hiram is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Clubb
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clubb is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubb
- Shook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook
- Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lodi is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Wappapello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bounds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bounds is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Silva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- East Cape Girardeau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- 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
- Thebes
(26 miles [41.8 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
- McClure
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Union County (IL)
- Reynoldsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leopold, see our County-by-County Page for Leopold.
Cemeteries Near Leopold ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leopold.
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 Leopold - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leopold covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Perkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marble Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hahn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- County Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mansion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Proffer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Passover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Stoder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slaybaugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaybaugh Cemetery
- The Slaybaugh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutesville Cemetery
- Crites Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Leopold had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leopold, with the one closest to Leopold listed first.
- Laflin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Marble Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lutesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Crump
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Glenallen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Gravel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Green Cox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Arbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arbor is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor
- Allenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Advance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Houck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Houck is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houck
- Burfordville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Zalma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Greenbrier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Delta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leopold. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leopold.
Newspapers Published in Leopold ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leopold.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leopold, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leopold.
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 Leopold:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Bollinger County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Alexander 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leopold) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Leopold, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |