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 Mill (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 Mill. 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 and 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.
Mill is located in Sainte Genevieve 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 Sainte Genevieve County: Monroe (IL), Randolph (IL), Jefferson, Perry & Saint Francois.
Below are the counties that are near Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill:
- Sainte Genevieve County (The home county of Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Sprott
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sprott is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprott
- Jonca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Lawrenceton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Rocky Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Chestnut Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Weingarten
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- New Offenburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Kinsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Zell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Bloomsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Coffman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Middle Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- English Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- English Town is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- Pilot Knob
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belleview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belleview is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Ironton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Valles Mines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flucom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Knorpp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Olympian Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- De Soto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Festus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hematite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Crystal City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Herculaneum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mapaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Horine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pevely
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Junction City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Cobalt
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Millcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Tin Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Cornwall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Silver Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Lithium
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Perryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- French Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leadington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Esther
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Park Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cantwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Elvins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Rivermines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Bonne Terre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Hamilton Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Tiff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- French Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Irondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cadet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Mineral Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mineral Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Theabeau Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Mud Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Old Mines
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Caledonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Potosi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Belgrade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Aptus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Fults
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Renault
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfin Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Mitchie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Maeystown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Monroe City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Madonnaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Burksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Wartburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Burksville Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Valmeyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Prairie du Rocher
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Modoc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Dozaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Ellis Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ruma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Evansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Menard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Palestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Red Bud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Preston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Walsh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Mill.
Cemeteries Near Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill.
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 Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Mackley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Little Vine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Doss Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grady Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McGee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bequette Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jenning Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pigg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (320 more) ...
- Patterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haile 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Mill had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill, with the one closest to Mill listed first.
- Jonca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Lawrenceton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- French Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Forge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Valley Forge is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Forge
- Weingarten
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Hazel Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Offenburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Flat River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- De Lassus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- De Lassus is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lassus
- Kinsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- East Bonne Terre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Bonne Terre is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bonne Terre
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Avon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Coffman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Zell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill.
Newspapers Published in Mill ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Mill:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Sainte Genevieve County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Iron County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Washington County
- Monroe County
- Randolph 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> | 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 Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |