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 Monticello (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 Monticello. 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 Monticello ...
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, Monticello was referred to as Monticello Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Monticello. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Monticello.
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.
Monticello is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Adams (IL), Hancock (IL), Clark, Knox, Marion & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Monticello. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monticello:
- Lewis County (The home county of Monticello)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Sellers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sellers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Lewistown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Court Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Court Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Court Village
- Ewing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilead is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Williamstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Weber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weber is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Argola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Argola is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argola
- Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- La Belle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- La Grange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Saint Patrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Patrick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Neeper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Neeper is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeper
- Clark City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clark City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark City
- Wayland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wayland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Kahoka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alexandria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyaconda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyaconda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyaconda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Medill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Medill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medill
- Luray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Luray is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Saint Francisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Francisville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
- Peaksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Revere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Forest Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Forest Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Jeddo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jeddo is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Knox City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Newark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Plevna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plevna is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Rutledge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hedge City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hedge City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedge City
- Edina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Baring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Novelty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greensburg is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Nelsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Taylor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Philadelphia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Dodge City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dodge City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Palmyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Helton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Helton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Scotland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Gorin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gorin is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorin
- South Gorin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Gorin is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gorin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Granger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Granger is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Arbela
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Emden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Emden is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emden
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Shelbyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Kendall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Kendall is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Leonard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Keokuk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vincennes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vincennes is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
- Argyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sandusky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Adams County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Meyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Meyer is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer
- Lima
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Marcelline
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Marcelline is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcelline
- Ursa
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Quincy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mendon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ewbanks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ewbanks is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewbanks
- Fowler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Loraine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Marblehead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marblehead is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Paloma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burton is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Hancock County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Warsaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sutter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sutter is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Point is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Chili
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chili is located in Hancock County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Basco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monticello, see our County-by-County Page for Monticello.
Cemeteries Near Monticello ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monticello.
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 Monticello - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monticello covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Jarvis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bancert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Finley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Henton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Prim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cool Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- Prospect Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- The Zion Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zion Hill Church Cemetery
- Zion's Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #215822 <2>
- Midway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Monticello had a population of 259 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Monticello had a population of 92 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
- Bunker Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Sellers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sellers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Lewistown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tolona
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tolona is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolona
- Benjamin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Benjamin is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
- Gilead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilead is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Derrahs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Derrahs is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derrahs
- Argola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Argola is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argola
- Weber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weber is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Williamstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- La Belle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Patrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Patrick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Patrick
- Deer Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Ridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monticello. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monticello.
Newspapers Published in Monticello ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monticello.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monticello, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monticello.
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 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 Monticello:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Lewis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Knox County
- Marion County
- Scotland County
- Shelby County
- Lee County
- Adams County
- Hancock 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 Monticello, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Monticello) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |