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 (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. 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 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.
Parker is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Alexander (IL), Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Parker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parker:
- Scott County (The home county of Parker)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Oran
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Caney Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Vanduser
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Haywood City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Benton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lambert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- New Hamburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Perkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Crowder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Chaffee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blodgett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Kelso
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Laflin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Sturdivant
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Leopold
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Greenbrier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Lutesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Zalma
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Glenallen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Seopus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Grassy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Gipsy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Buchanan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Randles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Green Cox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Allenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Dutchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Whitewater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Gordonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Crump
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Cape Girardeau
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burfordville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Bertrand
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Anniston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- East Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Wilson City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Sikeston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Morehouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Canalou
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Matthews
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ogden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Kewanee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- La Forge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Painton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Bell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Tillman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Advance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Guam ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Brownwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Circle City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Grayridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Leora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Baker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Essex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Penermon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Wayne County
- McGee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McGee is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Thebes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Miller City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Cape Girardeau
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Olive Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McClure
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cache
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hodges Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Diswood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Tamms
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Cairo Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Future City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Mounds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Villa Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mound City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ullin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Mill Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parker, see our County-by-County Page for Parker.
Cemeteries Near Parker ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parker.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Forrest Hills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Friends Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Guarden Angel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Warfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dennis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Buggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Morley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Morley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plainview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Carpenter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hunter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parker.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parker, with the one closest to Parker listed first.
- Oran
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Caney Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Benton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Hamburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Perkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Randles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Bell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Blodgett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Arbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arbor is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor
- Ardeola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ardeola is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardeola
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Green Cox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Tillman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Allenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parker.
Newspapers Published in Parker ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parker.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parker, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parker.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Alexander County
- Pulaski County
- Union 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, 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- Parker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |