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 Precinct (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 Precinct. 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.
Precinct is located in Bollinger 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 Bollinger County: Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, Stoddard & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Precinct. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Precinct:
- Bollinger County (The home county of Precinct)
- The following are listed by their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Patton Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sedgewickville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Seopus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Glenallen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Lutesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grassy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Laflin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Buchanan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Zalma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Friedheim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Daisy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Millersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gravel Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Old Appleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Burfordville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Pocahontas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crump
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Cornwall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Marquand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cobalt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Fredericktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Millcreek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Mine La Motte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Tin Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Saco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Millheim
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Biehle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Perryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Eureka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Sereno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Lithium
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Farrar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Brazeau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- McBride
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Knob Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Doe Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Doe Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
- Mineral City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mineral City is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Womack
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Clearwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Minnith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Avon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Coffman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Ozora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- River aux Vases
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- River aux Vases is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River aux Vases
- Former name for River aux Vases:
- Staabtown
- Saint Mary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Jonca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Weingarten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- New Offenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Cascade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Clubb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clubb is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubb
- Hiram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Lowndes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Grand Tower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jacob
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Dozaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Menard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rockwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Precinct, see our County-by-County Page for Precinct.
Cemeteries Near Precinct ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Precinct.
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 Precinct - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Precinct covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grindestaff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bollinger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shrum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Patton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Patton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Patton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #183848 <2>
- Dalton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flatwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Bollinger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Statler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (352 more) ...
- Seabaugh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Concord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seabaugh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Precinct in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Precinct.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Precinct, with the one closest to Precinct listed first.
- Alliance
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Yount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Yount is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- Patton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Millheim
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Cornwall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Biehle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Marquand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Friedheim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kurreville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kurreville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurreville
- Daisy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bessville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bessville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessville
- Arnsberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Arnsberg is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnsberg
- Millersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Precinct. See our List of 1890's Communities around Precinct.
Newspapers Published in Precinct ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Precinct.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Precinct, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Precinct.
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 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 Precinct:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Bollinger County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Wayne County
- Jackson County
- Randolph 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 Precinct, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Precinct) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |