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 Loyd (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 Loyd. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Loyd 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 Loyd. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Loyd:
- Bollinger County (The home county of Loyd)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Patton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Patton Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Seopus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Glenallen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Sedgewickville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Lutesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Laflin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Buchanan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Gipsy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Zalma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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 Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Gravel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Millersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burfordville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Daisy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Friedheim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crump
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Oak Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Whitewater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Old Appleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Allenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Gordonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Green Cox
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Marquand
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cornwall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Cobalt
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millcreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Junction City
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Mine La Motte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Tin Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Saco
(20 miles [32.2 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 Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Millheim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Silver Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Biehle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Longtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Perryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Eureka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Brazeau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Sereno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Farrar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Frohna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Lithium
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Altenburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Knob Lick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Womack
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Avon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Clearwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Coffman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Minnith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Chestnut Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Ozora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- River aux Vases
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- River aux Vases is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River aux Vases
- Former name for River aux Vases:
- Staabtown
- Jonca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Chaffee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Caney Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Advance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brownwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Painton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Tillman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Leora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Cascade
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Clubb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clubb is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubb
- Hiram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Lowndes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Lodi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- McGee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- McGee is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
- Bounds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bounds is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds
- Silva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
- Brunot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brunot is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunot
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Loyd, see our County-by-County Page for Loyd.
Cemeteries Near Loyd ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loyd.
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 Loyd - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Loyd covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Slinkard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Concord Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moores Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McMahan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitener Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Whitener Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Marquand.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32266 <2>
- Wallis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bess Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dalton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (344 more) ...
- Patton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Patton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Patton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #183848 <2>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blaylock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Loyd in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Loyd.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Loyd, with the one closest to Loyd listed first.
- Bessville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bessville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessville
- Patton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marquand
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Glenallen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Cornwall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Alliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Lutesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yount is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- Gravelton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gravelton is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Gravel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Zion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Zion is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Leopold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Laflin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Millersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Loyd. See our List of 1890's Communities around Loyd.
Newspapers Published in Loyd ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Loyd.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loyd, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Loyd.
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 Loyd:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Bollinger County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne 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 Loyd, 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- Loyd) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |