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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 Neelys Landing (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 Neelys Landing. 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 Neelys Landing ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Neelys Landing: Neelys Lndg. (or less commonly used: Neelys Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Neelys Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Neelys Landing may originally have been Neely's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Neelys Landing might be written as Neely Landing.
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 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.
Neelys Landing 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 Neelys Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Neelys Landing:
- Cape Girardeau County (The home county of Neelys Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Leemon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Pocahontas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shawneetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Old Appleton
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Cape Girardeau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gordonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Millersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Friedheim
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burfordville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Patton Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lutesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Altenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frohna
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Eureka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farrar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Longtown
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Millheim
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Perryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sereno
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- McBride
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Silver Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Scott City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kelso
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chaffee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Commerce
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Hamburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Caney Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lambert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Oran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- McClure
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Cape Girardeau
(14 miles [22.5 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Tamms
(22 miles [35.4 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 <2>
- Olive Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hodges Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Miller City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cache
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Grand Tower
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pomona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jacob
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Makanda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Murphysboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Oraville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ava
(26 miles [41.8 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 <2>
- De Soto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vergennes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Buncombe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cypress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Goreville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Ullin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Perks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Rockwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Leanderville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Wolf Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alto Pass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Cobden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Anna
(14 miles [22.5 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 <2>
- Mill Creek
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Water Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Water Valley is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Dongola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lick Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 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 Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Cambria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville is located in Williamson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- 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
- Dewmaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dewmaine is located in Williamson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewmaine
- Hurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hurst is located in Williamson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurst <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Neelys Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Neelys Landing.
Cemeteries Near Neelys Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neelys Landing.
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 Neelys Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Neelys Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Noland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Iona Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Darby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rallo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lange Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vangilder Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zierath Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Walker Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Russell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (422 more) ...
- Heuer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ervin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Minton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Neelys Landing had a population of 45 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Neelys Landing, with the one closest to Neelys Landing listed first.
- Lovejoy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Oriole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oriole is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Aldridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aldridge is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldridge
- Leemon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Egypt Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Egypt Mills is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Ware
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ware is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- New Wells ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Wells is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wells
- Pocahontas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fruitland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Grand Tower
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shawneetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Altenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wittenberg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wittenberg is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Glen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain Glen is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Glen
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Neelys Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Neelys Landing.
Newspapers Published in Neelys Landing ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neelys Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neelys Landing, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Neelys Landing.
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 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 Neelys Landing:
- 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> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Neelys Landing, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Neelys Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |