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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 Lutesville (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 Lutesville. 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 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.

Lutesville 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 Lutesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lutesville:

  • Bollinger County     (The home county of Lutesville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lutesville, with the one closest to Lutesville listed first.
    • Marble Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Glenallen
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
    • Leopold
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Leopold is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
    • Laflin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Seopus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grassy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Grassy is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
    • Zalma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Zalma is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
      • Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
    • Patton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Greenbrier
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Buchanan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Patton Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sedgewickville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Gipsy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
  • Cape Girardeau County
  • Madison County
  • Perry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lutesville, with the one closest to Lutesville listed first.
    • Biehle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Biehle is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
    • Millheim
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Silver Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Uniontown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Uniontown is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Longtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Eureka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Eureka is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Perryville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Brazeau
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Frohna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Frohna is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
  • Sainte Genevieve County
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lutesville, with the one closest to Lutesville listed first.
    • Perkins
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Perkins is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
    • Chaffee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Caney Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Oran
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Oran is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <1>
    • Kelso
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • New Hamburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Scott City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Benton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Morley
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Haywood City
      (28 miles [45.1 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
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lutesville, with the one closest to Lutesville listed first.
    • Cascade
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lowndes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • McGee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • McGee is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
    • Hiram
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hiram is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
    • Clubb
      (20 miles [32.2 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Lodi is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
    • Bounds
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Bounds is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds
    • Silva
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Greenville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wappapello
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alexander County (IL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lutesville, with the one closest to Lutesville listed first.
    • East Cape Girardeau
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (29 miles [46.7 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • McClure is located in Alexander County (IL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McClure <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Lutesville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lutesville.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lutesville, with the one closest to Lutesville 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lutesville had a population of 235 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Marble Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Glenallen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
  • Leopold
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Leopold is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
  • Laflin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bessville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bessville is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessville
  • Crump
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Gravel Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Burfordville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Zalma
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Zalma is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
    • Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
  • Houck
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Houck is located in Cape Girardeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houck
  • Buchanan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenbrier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Green Cox
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
    • Arbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Arbor is located in Cape Girardeau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor
    • Allenville
      (13 miles [20.9 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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lutesville ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lutesville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lutesville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lutesville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lutesville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> of Lutesville.

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 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 Lutesville:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lutesville) 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 Lutesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.