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 Porter (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 Porter. 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 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.
Porter 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 Porter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Porter:
- Scott County (The home county of Porter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Diehlstadt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Blodgett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Miner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Haywood City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Lambert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Morley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hamburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Crowder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Vanduser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Commerce
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Sturdivant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Laflin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Randles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Delta
(20 miles [32.2 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>
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Dutchtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Cape Girardeau
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Allenville
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Green Cox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Whitewater
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crump
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Bertrand
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Wilson City
(14 miles [22.5 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
- East Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Whiting
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Pinhook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Thirtyfour Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Wolf Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Sikeston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morehouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Matthews
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ogden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Canalou
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- La Forge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Kewanee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- Lilbourn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Madrid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Lilbourn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Catron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Howardville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Painton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Circle City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Grayridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Bell City
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Guam ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Baker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Tillman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Penermon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Essex
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Advance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- LaValle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Brownwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Miller City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cache
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Olive Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Cairo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Future City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Thebes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Hodges Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Diswood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Tamms
(20 miles [32.2 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>
- East Cape Girardeau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Mounds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Mound City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Pulaski
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Olmsted
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ullin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Mill Creek
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Wickliffe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Barlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Blandville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- La Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carlisle County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Bardwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Hickman County (KY)
- Columbus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Porter, see our County-by-County Page for Porter.
Cemeteries Near Porter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Porter.
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 Porter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Porter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Blodgett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maynard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cason Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Unity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Texas Bend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pollard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cobb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Armour Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hunter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bennifield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Porter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Porter.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
- Diehlstadt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Blodgett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Bertrand
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Morley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Sikeston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willard is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- New Hamburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Commerce
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little River is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Samos
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Samos is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samos
- Morehouse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- East Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Porter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Porter.
Newspapers Published in Porter ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Porter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Porter, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Porter.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Porter:
- 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
- Alexander County
- Pulaski County
- Union County
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- Hickman 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 Porter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Porter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |