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 Penrose (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 Penrose. 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 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 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.
Penrose 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 Penrose. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Penrose:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Penrose)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Flordell Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flordell Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flordell Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Jennings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Northwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Northwoods is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,061 people
- Pine Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lawn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,579 people
- Hillsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,536 people
- Uplands Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Uplands Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uplands Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Velda Village Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Velda Village Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velda Village Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Beverly Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Country Club Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Country Club Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,245 people
- Glen Echo Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Echo Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Echo Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Normandy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Norwood Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood Court is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Court
- Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Albans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Arnold
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Maxville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Murphy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Flamm City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Flamm City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamm City
- Parkdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- High Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceful Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Imperial
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kimmswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Barnhart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Byrnes Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- House Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- West Alton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Portage Des Sioux
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gardnerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Charles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harvester
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Peters
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Weldon Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- All Saints Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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
- Dardenne Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- O'Fallon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Baden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Tower Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Saint Louis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cheltenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- University City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Carondelet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Calhoun County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Deer Plain
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Golden Eagle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brussels
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- New Baden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jersey County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Elsah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chautauqua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Grafton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Delhi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Delhi is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- McClusky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- McClusky is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky
- Otterville
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Jerseyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Macoupin County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Brighton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Miles Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Miles Station is located in Macoupin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station
- Bunker Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piasa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Newport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Granite City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Madison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nameoki
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Pontoon Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brooks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Collinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hartford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Poag
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Poag is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- South Roxana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Roxana is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Roxana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Columbia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Waterloo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Valmeyer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wartburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Burksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Madonnaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Burksville Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Monroe City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Hecker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Brooklyn
(4 miles [6.4 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Saint Louis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmont City
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Cahokia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alorton
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Falling Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Bunkum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bunkum is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkum
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Penrose, see our County-by-County Page for Penrose.
Cemeteries Near Penrose ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Penrose.
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 Penrose - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Penrose covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Western Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bellefontaine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Frieden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Peter's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (453 more) ...
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethlehem Cemetery
- The New Bethlehem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Memorial Park Cemetery
- New Bethlehem Memorial Park Cemetery
- New Bethlehem Memorial
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #164041 <2>
- Lake Charles Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles Park Cemetery
- The Lake Charles Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lake Charles Cemetery
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>
While we didn't find Penrose in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Penrose.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Penrose, with the one closest to Penrose listed first.
- Jennings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Baden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Hillsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,536 people
- Venice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Newport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Normandy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Wellston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wellston is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
- Cheltenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Gratiot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gratiot is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Tower Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Saint Louis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Clayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,775 people
- Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Penrose. See our List of 1890's Communities around Penrose.
Newspapers Published in Penrose ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Penrose.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Penrose, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Penrose.
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 Penrose:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saint Louis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Calhoun County
- Clinton County
- Jersey County
- Macoupin 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 Penrose, 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 from Point A (ie- Penrose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |