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 Mount Pleasant (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 Mount Pleasant. 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 Mount Pleasant ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Pleasant: Mt. Pleasant
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.
Cemeteries Near Mount Pleasant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Pleasant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Concordia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concordia Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concordia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Matthew Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Matthew Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31361 <2>
- Old St. Marcus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) is a large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The St. Marcus Cemetery (Old) has also been known as:
- St. Marcus Commemorative Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30670 <2>
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
- St.s Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2261610 <2>
- New Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Mt. Sinai Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Mt. Sinai Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gatewood Gardens Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- The Gatewood Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Picker Cemetery
- St. Louis Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #958964 <2>
- New St. Marcus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New St. Marcus Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New St. Marcus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marcus Cemetery (New)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marcus Cemetery (New) is a very large cemetery that is located in Saint Louis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30499 <2>
- Our Redeemer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Redeemer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Redeemer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- Oakdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakdale Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oakdale Cemetery
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 Mount Pleasant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Pleasant.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Carondelet
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- East Carondelet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Carondelet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carondelet
- East Carondelet is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Carondelet <4>
- Cahokia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
- Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <4>
- Ivory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Vulcan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Falling Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Falling Spring. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Tower Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tower Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
- Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297,645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Louis <4>
- Clifton Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Heights
- Clifton Heights is located in Saint Louis City
- Cheltenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheltenham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Gratiot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Benton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (19 more) ...
- Ellendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Affton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affton
- Affton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jefferson Barracks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson Barracks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Barracks
- Jefferson Barracks is located in Saint Louis County
- Ellendale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Pleasant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Pleasant.
Newspapers Published in Mount Pleasant ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Pleasant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Pleasant, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Pleasant.
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 Mount Pleasant:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Pleasant. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Mount Pleasant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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- Mount Pleasant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Pleasant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5727, Longitude: -90.2356 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |