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 Parker Lake (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 Parker Lake. 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 Parker Lake ...
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 Parker Lake: Parker Lk.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Parker Lake is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Jackson (IL), Randolph (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Saint Francois & Sainte Genevieve.
Below are the counties that are near Parker Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parker Lake:
- Perry County (The home county of Parker Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Silver Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Millheim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Perryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lithium
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Sereno
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Biehle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Longtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- McBride
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Eureka
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Farrar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Brazeau
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Patton Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sedgewickville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Seopus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Glenallen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Lutesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grassy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Laflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Friedheim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Old Appleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Millersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Burfordville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Pocahontas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Arcadia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ironton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Cornwall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Fredericktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Cobalt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Millcreek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Marquand
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Tin Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Saco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Knob Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Doe Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Doe Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
- Leadington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Esther
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Mineral City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mineral City is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Park Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flat River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- French Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elvins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Cantwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Clearwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Womack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Minnith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Avon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Coffman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Ozora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- River aux Vases
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- River aux Vases is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River aux Vases
- Former name for River aux Vases:
- Staabtown
- Saint Mary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jonca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Weingarten
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Chestnut Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- New Offenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Wayne County
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Degognia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Jacob
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Dozaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Menard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Modoc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- New Palestine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Bremen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie du Rocher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Leanderville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Welge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parker Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Parker Lake.
Cemeteries Near Parker Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parker Lake.
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 Parker Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parker Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- St. Rose of Lima Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McDowell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mange Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Voelker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stone Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Log Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shrum Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meyer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mayberry Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (337 more) ...
- Simpson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Underwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bollinger Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Parker Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parker Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parker Lake, with the one closest to Parker Lake listed first.
- Silver Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Yount
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yount is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- Minnith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Alliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Coffman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Avon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Brewer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Millheim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Libertyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Libertyville is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Mine La Motte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Perryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cornwall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Patton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- River aux Vases
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- River aux Vases is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River aux Vases
- Former name for River aux Vases:
- Staabtown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parker Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parker Lake.
Newspapers Published in Parker Lake ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parker Lake.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parker Lake, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parker Lake.
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 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 Parker Lake:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Iron County
- Madison County
- Saint Francois County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Wayne County
- Jackson County
- Randolph 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 Parker Lake, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parker Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |