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 Manchester (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 Manchester. 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 doctors 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.
Manchester 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 Manchester. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manchester:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Manchester)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Winchester
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Twin Oaks is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Peerless Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Valley Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ballwin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Des Peres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Des Peres is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Peres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,724 people
- Osage Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Osage Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Hills
- Country Life Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Town and Country
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Ranken
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Crystal Lake Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Ellisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Albans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pacific
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <1>
- Gray Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Catawissa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Labadie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Robertsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Villa Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hemker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Gildehouse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gildehouse is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildehouse
- Lonedell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Murphy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Parkdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- High Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Peaceful Village
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Byrnes Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maxville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- House Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arnold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scotsdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Otto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Flamm City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Lake Tekakwitha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tekakwitha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tekakwitha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Chain-of-Rocks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Old Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cap au Gris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Harvester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Weldon Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Saint Charles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Peters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dardenne Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- O'Fallon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Schluersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- University City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Cheltenham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Carondelet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Tower Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Saint Louis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Baden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester 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
- Marthasville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Calhoun County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Golden Eagle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Brussels
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jersey County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Elsah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Grafton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chautauqua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Newport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Madison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Granite City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Pontoon Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brooks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Alton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alton is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,049 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
- Collinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Altamont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Columbia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valmeyer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madonnaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Wartburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Mitchie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Burksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Chalfin Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- East Carondelet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dupo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- 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 <1>
- Cahokia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- 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 <1>
- Falling Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Brooklyn
(18 miles [29 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
- Sauget
(18 miles [29 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>
- National City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Centreville
(20 miles [32.2 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
- East Saint Louis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Imbs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Alorton
(21 miles [33.8 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>
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manchester, see our County-by-County Page for Manchester.
Cemeteries Near Manchester ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manchester.
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 Manchester - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manchester covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- St. Joseph Parish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Peterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Conway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Everwine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Lawn Cemetery
- The Elm Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Parkway United Church of Christ Cemetery
- Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church Cemetery
- Zion Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #212392 <2>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hibler - Fitzgerald Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lewis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (307 more) ...
- Ranken Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eddy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smith Sturdy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Manchester had a population of 301 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Manchester had a population of 18,081 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Manchester, with the one closest to Manchester listed first.
- Valley Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barretts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Barretts is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts
- Ballwin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ranken
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Des Peres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sherman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Fenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Windsor Springs is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Springs
- Kirkwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kirkwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,866 people
- Glencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yeatman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Oakland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,375 people
- Creve Coeur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Creve Coeur is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manchester. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manchester.
Newspapers Published in Manchester ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manchester.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manchester, 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 Manchester.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Manchester:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saint Louis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Warren County
- Calhoun County
- Jersey County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Saint Clair 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 Manchester, 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- Manchester) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |