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 Peruque (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 Peruque. 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.
Peruque is located in Saint Charles 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 Charles County : Calhoun (IL) , Jersey (IL) , Madison (IL) , Franklin , Lincoln , Saint Louis & Warren .
Below are the counties that are near Peruque. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peruque:
Saint Charles County (The home county of Peruque)
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Saint Peters (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Gardnerville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville Saint Charles (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
O'Fallon (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
All Saints Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village Saint Paul (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
Cottleville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Harvester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Dardenne Prairie (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Lake Saint Louis (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Josephville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Josephville is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephville Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
Weldon Spring (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Weldon Spring Heights (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Port Royal ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Port Royal is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal Saint Albans (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Labadie (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Pacific (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
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>
Boles (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Boles is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Gray Summit (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Washington (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Murphy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Murphy is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Parkdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Parkdale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
Peaceful Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
High Ridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Byrnes Mill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Lake Tekakwitha (30 miles [48.3 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
Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Old Monroe (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Cap au Gris (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris Chain-of-Rocks (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
Winfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Argentville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Argentville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville Foley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Fountain N' Lakes (14 miles [22.5 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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Troy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Elsberry (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
New Hope (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
New Hope is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cave (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Cave is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
Davis (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Davis is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Pike County
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Annada (29 miles [46.7 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 (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Sledd is located in Pike County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd Saint Louis City
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
University City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
University City is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
Baden (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Baden is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden Cheltenham (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham Tower Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove Saint Louis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Carondelet (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet Saint Louis County
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Earth City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeton (11 miles [17.7 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 (11 miles [17.7 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 (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Vigus is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigus Maryland Heights (12 miles [19.3 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 (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo Lake (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Lake is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Chesterfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Fernridge (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Fernridge is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge Hazelwood (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Edmundson (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Edmundson is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmundson Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
Saint Ann (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Berkeley (16 miles [25.7 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 Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Wright City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Innsbrook (25 miles [40.2 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 Dutzow (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Truesdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Truesdale is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
Village of Three Creeks (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Warrenton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Marthasville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Calhoun County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Golden Eagle (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Brussels (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Deer Plain (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain Batchtown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Gilead (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Gilead is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead Star City (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Star City is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City Hardin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Hamburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Michael (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Kampsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mozier (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Greene County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
East Hardin (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
East Hardin is located in Greene County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hardin Kane (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Mid City ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Mid City is located in Greene County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City Eldred (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Woody (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Woody is located in Greene County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody Jersey County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Grafton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Chautauqua (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua Elsah (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Nutwood (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Nutwood is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood Otterville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Otterville is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
Fieldon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Dow (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
McClusky (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
McClusky is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky Spankey (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Spankey is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spankey Delhi (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Delhi is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi Jerseyville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Fidelity (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Macoupin County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Brighton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Miles Station (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Miles Station is located in Macoupin County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Station Madison County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Melville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Melville is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Altamont (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Godfrey (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Alton (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Alton is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton Population from the 2020 Census: 26,049 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
Belmont Village (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Belmont Village is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Village East Alton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
East Alton is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,922 people
Newport (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Newport is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Hartford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Nameoki (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki Granite City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Madison (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Venice (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Brooks (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Brooks is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Saint Clair County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Brooklyn (27 miles [43.5 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 (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Cahokia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
East Carondelet (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
East Saint Louis (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Sauget (30 miles [48.3 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>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peruque, see our County-by-County Page for Peruque .
Cemeteries Near Peruque ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peruque.
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 Peruque - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peruque covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Macker Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Christville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cresswell Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hetzer Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Minesinger Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Assumption Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Sisters of the Most Precious Blood Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Sage Chapel Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Ingle Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Oak Grove Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Borromeo Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (342 more) ...
Emmaus Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Hartford Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
St. Josephs Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Peruque in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peruque.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peruque, with the one closest to Peruque listed first.
Golden Eagle (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Conrad (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Conrad is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad Saint Peters (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Gardnerville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville Deer Plain (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain Brussels (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
O'Fallon (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Saint Charles (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Saint Paul (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
Beechville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Beechville is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechville Elm Point (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Elm Point is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Point Cottleville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Harvester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Meppen (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Meppen is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meppen Old Monroe (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peruque. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peruque .
Newspapers Published in Peruque ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peruque.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peruque, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Peruque.
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 either 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 Peruque:
Websites specific to Missouri Pages specific to Saint Charles County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Franklin County Jefferson County Lincoln County Pike County Saint Louis City Saint Louis County Warren County Calhoun County Greene County Jersey County Macoupin County Madison County Saint Clair County Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Peruque. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Saint Charles County: https://www.sccmo.org/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Peruque) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Peruque, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.