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 Morley (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 Morley. 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.
Morley is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Alexander (IL), Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Morley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morley:
- Scott County (The home county of Morley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Haywood City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Oran
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- New Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Blodgett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Vanduser
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Crowder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Caney Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Chaffee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Perkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Kelso
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Diehlstadt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Laflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Sturdivant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Greenbrier
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Lutesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Zalma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Marble Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenallen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Seopus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Randles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Dutchtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Allenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Green Cox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Whitewater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Cape Girardeau
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gordonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crump
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burfordville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Bertrand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Anniston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- East Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Pinhook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Thirtyfour Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Wolf Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Sikeston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Morehouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Matthews
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Canalou
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Ogden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Kewanee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- La Forge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Catron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- North Lilbourn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Painton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Bell City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Tillman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Guam ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Circle City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Grayridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Advance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brownwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Baker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Essex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Penermon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Leora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Miller City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Thebes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Olive Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Cape Girardeau
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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
- Cache
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Unity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Diswood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Hodges Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- McClure
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Future City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Tamms
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Mounds
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ullin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Olmsted
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Mill Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Ballard County (KY)
- Wickliffe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morley, see our County-by-County Page for Morley.
Cemeteries Near Morley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morley.
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 Morley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- New Morley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Morley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forrest Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dunn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Buggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lambert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Denis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Guarden Angel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Carpenter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bennifield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blodgett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Morley had a population of 395 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Morley had a population of 682 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morley, with the one closest to Morley listed first.
- Oran
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- New Hamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Caney Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Perkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Kelso
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Randles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Sikeston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Diehlstadt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Bell City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Bertrand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Commerce
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Ardeola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ardeola is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardeola
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morley.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Morley ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morley.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Morley. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Morley and those printed in the larger area surrounding Morley.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Morley.
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 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 Morley:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Pulaski County
- Union County
- Ballard 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 Morley, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |