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 Parkers 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 Parkers 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 Parkers 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Parkers Landing: Parkers Lndg. (or less commonly used: Parkers Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Parkers Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Parkers Landing may originally have been Parker's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Parkers Landing might be written as Parker Landing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Parkers Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Parkers Landing.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Parkers 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 Parkers Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parkers Landing:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Parkers Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Foley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cap au Gris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris
- Winfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Argentville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Elsberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old Monroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Fountain N' Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Chain-of-Rocks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Moscow Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Briscoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Briscoe is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Troy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Annada
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sledd is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Paynesville
(17 miles [27.4 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Cyrene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cyrene is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyrene
- Ashley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Saint Paul
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Flint Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Josephville
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wentzville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Saint Louis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Peters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gardnerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- All Saints Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Dardenne Prairie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cottleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foristell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Earth City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,498 people
- Champ
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Champ is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Vigus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vigus is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigus
- Hazelwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Heights is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,895 people
- Gumbo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo
- Chesterfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fernridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fernridge is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge
- Florissant
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Saint Ann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berkeley
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Wright City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Innsbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Truesdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Truesdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
- Warrenton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Batchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Star City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Star City is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Hardin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brussels
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hamburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Michael
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mozier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kampsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belleview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Belleview is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Cliffdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cliffdale is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdale
- Greene County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- East Hardin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Hardin is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin
- Eldred
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Woody
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woody is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Mid City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Kane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walkerville is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
- Hillview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Belltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Greene County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Jersey County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Nutwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Fieldon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spankey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spankey is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Otterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Otterville is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Chautauqua
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Dow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elsah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jerseyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McClusky
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Delhi
(24 miles [38.6 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)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Melville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Melville is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Godfrey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Altamont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Belmont Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Belmont Village is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village
- Pike County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Bee Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bee Creek is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
- Nebo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Straut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Straut is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straut
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pearl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parkers Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Parkers Landing.
Cemeteries Near Parkers Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parkers 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 Parkers Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parkers Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Stonebraker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Corinth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Barbara Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Overall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Argent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Admire Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plummer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Star Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- McCullen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ingle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Parkers Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parkers Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parkers Landing, with the one closest to Parkers Landing listed first.
- Foley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Batchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Apex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Apex is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Argentville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Gilead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Brevator
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brevator is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevator
- Beechville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beechville is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechville
- Chantilly ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chantilly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly
- Meppen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meppen is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meppen
- Old Monroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elsberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hardin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parkers Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parkers Landing.
Newspapers Published in Parkers 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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parkers Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parkers Landing, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parkers Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Parkers Landing:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Pike County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis County
- Warren County
- Calhoun County
- Greene County
- Jersey County
- Madison County
- Pike County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Parkers Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parkers Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |