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 Orchard Farm (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 Orchard Farm. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Orchard Farm is located in Saint Charles 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 Saint Charles County : Calhoun (IL) , Jersey (IL) , Madison (IL) , Franklin , Lincoln , Saint Louis & Warren .
Below are the counties that are near Orchard Farm. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orchard Farm:
Saint Charles County (The home county of Orchard Farm)
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Portage Des Sioux (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Gardnerville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville Saint Charles (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Harvester (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Saint Peters (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
West Alton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
All Saints Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village Cottleville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
O'Fallon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Weldon Spring (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Saint Paul (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
Dardenne Prairie (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Port Royal ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Port Royal is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal Saint Albans (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Murphy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Murphy is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Parkdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Parkdale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
Peaceful Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
High Ridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Maxville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Maxville is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Cap au Gris (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris Old Monroe (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Winfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Foley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Chain-of-Rocks (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
Argentville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Argentville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville Fountain N' Lakes (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
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 Moscow Mills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Elsberry (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
New Hope (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
New Hope is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Troy (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Saint Louis City
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Baden (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Baden is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden University City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
University City is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
Cheltenham (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham Tower Grove (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove Saint Louis (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Carondelet (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet Saint Louis County
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Bridgeton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Bridgeton is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton Population from the 2020 Census: 11,498 people
Earth City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hazelwood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Champ (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Champ is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
Vigus (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Vigus is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigus Florissant (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Florissant is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
Saint Ann (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Berkeley (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Berkeley is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Population from the 2020 Census: 8,892 people
Calverton Park (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Calverton Park is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calverton Park Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
Edmundson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Edmundson is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmundson Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
Breckenridge Hills (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Breckenridge Hills is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 4,550 people
Black Jack (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Black Jack is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack Population from the 2020 Census: 6,921 people
Calhoun County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Deer Plain (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain Golden Eagle (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Brussels (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Batchtown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Gilead (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Gilead is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead Hardin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Star City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Star City is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City Michael (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Hamburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Kampsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Greene County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
East Hardin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
East Hardin is located in Greene County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin Kane (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Mid City ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Mid City is located in Greene County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City Woody (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Woody is located in Greene County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody Carrollton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Eldred (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Rockbridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Jersey County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Grafton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Chautauqua (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua Elsah (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Dow (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Otterville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Otterville is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
McClusky (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
McClusky is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky Delhi (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Delhi is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi Nutwood (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Nutwood is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood Fieldon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Jerseyville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Spankey (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Spankey is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey Fidelity (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Macoupin County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Brighton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Miles Station (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Miles Station is located in Macoupin County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station Piasa (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Medora (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Shipman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Summerville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Summerville is located in Macoupin County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Bunker Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Challacombe (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Challacombe is located in Macoupin County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challacombe Royal Lakes (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Royal Lakes is located in Macoupin County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lakes Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
Royal Lakes has also been known as:
Royal Lakes village Madison County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Melville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Melville is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Altamont (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Godfrey (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Alton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Alton is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton Population from the 2020 Census: 26,049 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
Belmont Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Belmont Village is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village East Alton (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
East Alton is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
Hartford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Rosewood Heights (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Rosewood Heights is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights Wood River (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Nameoki (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki Newport (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Newport is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Brooks (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Brooks is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Saint Clair County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Brooklyn (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
National City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
East Saint Louis (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Fairmont City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
Cahokia (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <1>
Sauget (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Sauget is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauget Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sauget <1>
Washington Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Washington Park is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
East Carondelet (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Alorton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Alorton is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alorton Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alorton <1>
Centreville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
Dupo (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Dupo is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo Population from the 2020 Census: 3,845 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupo <1>
Falling Spring (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orchard Farm, see our County-by-County Page for Orchard Farm .
Cemeteries Near Orchard Farm ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orchard Farm.
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 Orchard Farm - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orchard Farm covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Barweis Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Borromeo Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Emmaus Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Macker Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
St. Francis Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
St. Francis of Assissi Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Christville Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Cresswell Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Oak Grove Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Methodist Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
St. Peters Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Continue List (376 more) ...
St. John Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Elsah Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Scenic Hill Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Orchard Farm in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orchard Farm.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orchard Farm, with the one closest to Orchard Farm listed first.
Elm Point (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Elm Point is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Point Black Walnut (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Black Walnut is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Walnut Deer Plain (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain Gardnerville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville Portage Des Sioux (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Grafton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Saint Charles (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Bridgeton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Bridgeton is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton Population from the 2020 Census: 11,498 people
Elsah (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Golden Eagle (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Vigus (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Vigus is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigus Florissant (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Florissant is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
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Cross Keys (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Cross Keys is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys Brussels (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Conrad (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Conrad is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orchard Farm. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orchard Farm .
Newspapers Published in Orchard Farm ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orchard Farm.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orchard Farm, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Orchard Farm.
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 Orchard Farm:
Websites specific to Missouri Pages specific to Saint Charles County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Franklin County Jefferson County Lincoln County Saint Louis City Saint Louis County Calhoun County Greene County Jersey County Macoupin County Madison County Saint Clair County Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orchard Farm. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Saint Charles County: https://www.sccmo.org/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orchard Farm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Orchard Farm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.