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 Robertsville (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 Robertsville. 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.
Robertsville is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Crawford, Gasconade, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Robertsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Robertsville:
- Franklin County (The home county of Robertsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- Catawissa
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moselle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Gray Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pacific
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Villa Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hemker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Lonedell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Labadie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gildehouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gildehouse is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildehouse
- Boles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Luebbering
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- West Sullivan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Sullivan is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sullivan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Saint Cloud
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Cloud is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Bourbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- Lake Tekakwitha
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Tekakwitha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tekakwitha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Dittmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oermann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oermann is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oermann
- Grubville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grubville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubville
- Cedar Hill Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill Lakes is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Cedar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scotsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Byrnes Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- House Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Morse Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- High Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peaceful Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Defiance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Schluersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- New Melle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Weldon Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dardenne Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cottleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Lake Saint Louis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harvester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Peters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Francois County
- Blackwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- Allenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Eureka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Crescent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Glencoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yeatman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Ellisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ballwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkson Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkson Valley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- Village of Three Creeks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Dutzow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marthasville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Treloar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Innsbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Wright City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- Richwoods
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Richwoods is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Aptus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- Theabeau Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Fourche a Renault ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fourche a Renault is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche a Renault
- Mud Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Old Mines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Tiff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Cadet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- Valmeyer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mitchie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Robertsville, see our County-by-County Page for Robertsville.
Cemeteries Near Robertsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Robertsville.
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 Robertsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Robertsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- Mitchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Good Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Finney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Hazelrun Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelrun Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brush Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tiler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (261 more) ...
- Roberts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Robertsville had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Robertsville, with the one closest to Robertsville listed first.
- Catawissa
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Moselle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Gray Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pacific
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Villa Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lonedell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Hemker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Labadie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oermann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oermann is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oermann
- Luebbering
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Grubville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grubville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubville
- Byrnesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Byrnesville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrnesville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Boles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Allenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Robertsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Robertsville.
Newspapers Published in Robertsville ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Robertsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Robertsville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Robertsville.
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 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 Robertsville:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Francois County
- Saint Louis County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Monroe 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Robertsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Robertsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |