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 Moccasin Springs (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 Moccasin Springs. 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 Moccasin Springs ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Moccasin Springs: Moccasin Spgs. (or less commonly used: Moccasin Spngs. or Moccasin Sprngs.)
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.
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 and 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.
Moccasin Springs is located in Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau County: Alexander (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Perry, Scott & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Moccasin Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moccasin Springs:
- Cape Girardeau County (The home county of Moccasin Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Leemon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Pocahontas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cape Girardeau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shawneetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Gordonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Old Appleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Dutchtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Millersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Daisy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Burfordville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Friedheim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Seopus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Laflin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Lutesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Patton Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Altenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frohna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Brazeau
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Eureka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farrar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Longtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Biehle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Millheim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Perryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Scott City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kelso
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Commerce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chaffee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lambert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Caney Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Oran
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Perkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- McClure
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Cape Girardeau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Elco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Diswood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Tamms
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <1>
- Olive Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hodges Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Miller City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cache
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Grand Tower
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pomona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Makanda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jacob
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Murphysboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Carbondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oraville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- De Soto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Ava
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ava is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <1>
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Cypress
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Buncombe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Goreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belknap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Eagle Point Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Vienna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Ullin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Perks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Grand Chain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mounds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- New Grand Chain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Olmsted
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Karnak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mound City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County (IL)
- Rockwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Wolf Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Dutch Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Jonesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Anna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Anna is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <1>
- Alto Pass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cobden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Dongola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Water Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Water Valley is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Lick Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Williamson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Cambria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crainville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crainville is located in Williamson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Blairsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Dewmaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moccasin Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Moccasin Springs.
Cemeteries Near Moccasin Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moccasin Springs.
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 Moccasin Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moccasin Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Iona Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Noland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lange Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rallo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zierath Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Minton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vangilder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heuer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ervin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hobbs Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Darby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (423 more) ...
- Old Hanover Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kollehner Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kimmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
While we didn't find Moccasin Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moccasin Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moccasin Springs, with the one closest to Moccasin Springs listed first.
- Egypt Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Egypt Mills is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Ware
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ware is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Neelys Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neelys Landing is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelys Landing
- Oriole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oriole is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Lovejoy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Aldridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Aldridge is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldridge
- Leemon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- McClure
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fruitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fruitland is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- East Cape Girardeau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Jonesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mountain Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Glen is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Glen
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pocahontas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cape Girardeau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moccasin Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moccasin Springs.
Newspapers Published in Moccasin Springs ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moccasin Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moccasin Springs, 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 Moccasin Springs.
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 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 Moccasin Springs:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cape Girardeau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Perry County
- Scott County
- Alexander County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Pulaski County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Williamson 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 Moccasin Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moccasin Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |