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 Old Westport 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 Old Westport 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 Old Westport 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Old Westport Landing: Old Westport Lndg. (or less commonly used: Old Westport Lndng.)
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 and hospitals 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.
Old Westport Landing is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Calhoun (IL), Montgomery, Pike, Saint Charles & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Old Westport Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Westport Landing:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Old Westport Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- Elsberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Foley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Argentville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Cap au Gris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Winfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Fountain N' Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Whiteside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whiteside is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Old Monroe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Briscoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Briscoe is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Davis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Davis is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Silex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Silex is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- Annada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Annada is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Sledd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sledd is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Paynesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paynesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Eolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clarksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Cyrene
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cyrene is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
- Louisiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ashley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Bowling Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tarrants
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tarrants is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrants
- Population from the 2010 Census: 22 people
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- Flint Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Saint Paul
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- Josephville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Josephville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- O'Fallon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wentzville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Saint Louis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Peters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gardnerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Portage Des Sioux
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foristell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- All Saints Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Saint Charles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cottleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Warren County
- Wright City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gilead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Star City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Star City is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Hardin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Michael
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mozier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kampsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Batchtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belleview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Belleview is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Cliffdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Brussels
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Plain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- East Hardin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Hardin is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin
- Eldred
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woody
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woody is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mid City is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Carrollton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- Kane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hillview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Patterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmington is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- White Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wrights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jersey County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- Spankey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Nutwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Fieldon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Otterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Grafton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jerseyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McClusky
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Chautauqua
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Dow
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elsah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delhi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Fidelity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Madison County (IL)
- Melville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Melville is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Pike County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- Bee Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bee Creek is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
- Nebo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Straut
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Straut is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straut
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pearl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Martinsburg is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pike
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pike is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Time
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Time is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Time
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Atlas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Atlas is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Rockport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scott County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- Glasgow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow is located in Scott County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Alsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Westport Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Old Westport Landing.
Cemeteries Near Old Westport Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Westport 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 Old Westport Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Westport Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- Palmer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elsberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Vance - Seaman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gresham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Star Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plummer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cannon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (390 more) ...
- Cox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Luckett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Old Westport Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Westport Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Westport Landing, with the one closest to Old Westport Landing listed first.
- Elsberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Apex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Apex is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Gilead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dameron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dameron is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
- Hardin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Annada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Annada is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Mozier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Foley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spankey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Sledd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sledd is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Batchtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Paynesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paynesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Okete
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Okete is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okete
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Westport Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Westport Landing.
Newspapers Published in Old Westport 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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Westport Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Westport Landing, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Westport Landing.
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 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 Old Westport Landing:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Pike County
- Saint Charles County
- Warren County
- Calhoun County
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Madison County
- Pike County
- Scott 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 Old Westport Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Westport Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |