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 Monarch (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 Monarch. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Monarch 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 Monarch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monarch:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Monarch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Gumbo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo
- Clarkson Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clarkson Valley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
- Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chesterfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ellisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Glencoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ballwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yeatman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Albans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pacific
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Labadie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Catawissa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Villa Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gildehouse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gildehouse is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildehouse
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Moselle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Parkdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Peaceful Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Byrnes Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Tekakwitha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Tekakwitha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tekakwitha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- High Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- House Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Scotsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Cedar Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Otto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Arnold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Chain-of-Rocks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cap au Gris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Winfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fountain N' Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain N' Lakes is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain N' Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Fountain N' Lakes has also been known as:
- Fountain N' Lakes village
- Moscow Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Argentville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Foley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Weldon Spring Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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
- Weldon Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Defiance
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cottleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Harvester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dardenne Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Peters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Schluersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- O'Fallon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Saint Louis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Augusta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- University City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Carondelet
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Baden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Dutzow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Village of Three Creeks
(18 miles [29 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wright City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Innsbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Innsbrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Innsbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Innsbrook has also been known as:
- Innsbrook village
- Truesdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Truesdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
- Warrenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Treloar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Calhoun County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Golden Eagle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Brussels
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Batchtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jersey County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Grafton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Elsah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Granite City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nameoki
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Melville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melville is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Monroe County (IL)
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- East Carondelet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cahokia
(26 miles [41.8 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>
- Dupo
(26 miles [41.8 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>
- Brooklyn
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Falling Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- National City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sauget
(27 miles [43.5 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>
- East Saint Louis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alorton
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Centreville
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Fairmont City
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Imbs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monarch, see our County-by-County Page for Monarch.
Cemeteries Near Monarch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monarch.
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 Monarch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monarch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Coleman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bates Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tyler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Friedens German / English Evangelical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Howell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Everwine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cottleville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. John UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Francis Howell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Pitman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Craig Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peterson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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>
While we didn't find Monarch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Monarch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monarch, with the one closest to Monarch listed first.
- Orrville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Orrville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Stevens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stevens is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Gumbo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo
- Hamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pond is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Weldon Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Melrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Fox Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fox Creek is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- Ellisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Saint Albans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glencoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Yeatman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monarch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monarch.
Newspapers Published in Monarch ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monarch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monarch, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monarch.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Monarch:
- 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 Monarch, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monarch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |