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 Marble Hill (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 Marble Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Marble Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
In past government published Postal Guides, Marble Hill was referred to as Marble Hill Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Marble Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Marble Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 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.
Marble Hill is located in Bollinger County and is the County Seat.
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 Marble Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marble Hill:
- Bollinger County (The home county of Marble Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill listed first.
- Lutesville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Glenallen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- 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)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Seopus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- 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)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Buchanan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Patton Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- 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
- The following are listed by their distance from Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill listed first.
- Crump
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- 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
- Burfordville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitewater
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Millersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- 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
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Gordonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Randles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Dutchtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill listed first.
- Marquand
(13 miles [20.9 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Cobalt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Millcreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Fredericktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Junction City
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Mine La Motte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Tin Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill 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)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Silver Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- 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)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Perryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Eureka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Brazeau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- 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
- Womack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill 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)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Oran
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kelso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Hamburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Scott City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Morley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Crowder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill listed first.
- Advance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brownwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Tillman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Painton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Leora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Bell City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Puxico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Guam ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill listed first.
- Cascade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Lowndes
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- 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)
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
- 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 Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill 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)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marble Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Marble Hill.
Cemeteries Near Marble Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marble Hill.
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 Marble Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Marble Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill listed first.
- Slaybaugh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaybaugh Cemetery
- The Slaybaugh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutesville Cemetery
- Marble Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hahn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Myers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Deck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- County Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eaker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buehler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Perkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (355 more) ...
- Barks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shelton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Marble Hill had a population of 257 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Marble Hill had a population of 1,460 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Marble Hill, with the one closest to Marble Hill listed first.
- Lutesville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Glenallen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- 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)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- 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)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- 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
- 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)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Greenbrier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- 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 Marble Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marble Hill.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Marble Hill ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marble Hill.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Marble Hill. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Marble Hill and those printed in the larger area surrounding Marble Hill.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> of Marble Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Marble Hill:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Bollinger County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Alexander 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 from Point A (ie- Marble Hill) 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 Marble Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |