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 Orrville (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 Orrville. 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 Orrville ...
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.
Another variation: Orville.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Orrville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orrville.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Orrville is located in Saint Louis 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 Louis County: Madison (IL), Monroe (IL), Saint Clair (IL), Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles & Saint Louis.
Below are the counties that are near Orrville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orrville:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Orrville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Clarkson Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clarkson Valley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
- Gumbo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chesterfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ellisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Glencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yeatman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Ballwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Winchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Albans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pacific
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pacific is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,097 people
- Former name for Pacific:
- Franklin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacific <1>
- Labadie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Catawissa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Villa Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gildehouse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gildehouse is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildehouse
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Moselle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Parkdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Lake Tekakwitha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Tekakwitha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tekakwitha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- High Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Peaceful Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Byrnes Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- House Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Scotsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Cedar Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dittmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Otto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Chain-of-Rocks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Old Monroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cap au Gris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Winfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fountain N' Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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 northwest)
- Argentville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Foley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Weldon Spring Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weldon Spring Heights is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Spring Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Weldon Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Defiance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cottleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Harvester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dardenne Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Peters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Schluersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- O'Fallon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Saint Louis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Augusta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- University City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Carondelet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Baden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Dutzow
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Village of Three Creeks
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Village of Three Creeks is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Three Creeks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Village of Three Creeks has also been known as:
- Three Creeks village
- Marthasville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Innsbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Innsbrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Innsbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Innsbrook has also been known as:
- Innsbrook village
- Wright City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Truesdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Truesdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
- Warrenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Treloar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Calhoun County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Golden Eagle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brussels
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Batchtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jersey County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Grafton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Elsah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Granite City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nameoki
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Melville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melville is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Columbia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valmeyer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- East Carondelet
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cahokia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Dupo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Brooklyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Falling Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- National City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sauget
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- East Saint Louis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alorton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Imbs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Fairmont City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orrville, see our County-by-County Page for Orrville.
Cemeteries Near Orrville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orrville.
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 Orrville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orrville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Tyler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bates Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Coleman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Friedens German / English Evangelical Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Everwine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thomas Howell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wolf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pitman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peterson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Conway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cottleville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- St. John UCC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Francis Howell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Craig Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 in 1895, Orrville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orrville, with the one closest to Orrville listed first.
- Stevens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pond is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Gumbo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Fox Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fox Creek is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Melrose
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Ellisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weldon Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Glencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Yeatman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Ballwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Albans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orrville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orrville.
Newspapers Published in Orrville ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orrville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orrville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orrville.
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 Orrville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saint Louis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Warren County
- Calhoun County
- Jersey County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Saint Clair 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> | 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 Orrville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Orrville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |