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 Rocky Ridge Ranch (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 Rocky Ridge Ranch. 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.
Name Variations for Rocky Ridge Ranch ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Rocky Ridge Ranch: Rocky Rdg. Rnch. (or less commonly used: Rocky Rdge. Rnch. or Rocky Ridg. Rnch.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve 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 Sainte Genevieve County: Monroe (IL), Randolph (IL), Jefferson, Perry & Saint Francois.
Below are the counties that are near Rocky Ridge Ranch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch:
- Sainte Genevieve County (The home county of Rocky Ridge Ranch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- Rocky Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- New Offenburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Weingarten
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Lawrenceton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Zell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Bloomsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sprott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sprott is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprott
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Kinsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- River aux Vases
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Jonca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Clement ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Bollinger County
- Patton Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- Middle Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- English Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- English Town is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- Pilot Knob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- Flucom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Knorpp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Valles Mines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olympian Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Crystal City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Festus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Herculaneum
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Horine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Mapaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Pevely
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Junction City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Fredericktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cobalt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Cornwall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Millcreek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Tin Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- Lithium
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Silver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- McBride
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Perryville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- French Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leadington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cantwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Esther
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Park Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flat River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Rivermines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Silver Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Bonne Terre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elvins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Hamilton Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- French Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Tiff
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Cadet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Irondale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Mineral Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mineral Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Mud Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Theabeau Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Old Mines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Potosi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- Fults
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Renault
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chalfin Bridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Monroe City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Burksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Madonnaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Burksville Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Wartburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Valmeyer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- Prairie du Rocher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Modoc
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Dozaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Ellis Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ruma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Menard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Preston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Red Bud
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Walsh
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch, see our County-by-County Page for Rocky Ridge Ranch.
Cemeteries Near Rocky Ridge Ranch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rocky Ridge Ranch.
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 Rocky Ridge Ranch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rocky Ridge Ranch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- Beckemeyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bequette Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Patterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jenning Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mackley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Little Vine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Genevieve Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moeller Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anne Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- Kerlagon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- DeGrant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pigg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Rocky Ridge Ranch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rocky Ridge Ranch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rocky Ridge Ranch, with the one closest to Rocky Ridge Ranch listed first.
- New Offenburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Weingarten
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Lawrenceton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Zell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Bloomsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mill is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill
- Jonca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- River aux Vases
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Kinsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- French Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coffman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Sainte Genevieve
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Valley Forge ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Forge is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Forge
- Danby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Danby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Avon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rocky Ridge Ranch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rocky Ridge Ranch.
Newspapers Published in Rocky Ridge Ranch ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocky Ridge Ranch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Ridge Ranch, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rocky Ridge Ranch.
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 Rocky Ridge Ranch:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Sainte Genevieve County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Iron County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Washington County
- Monroe 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 Rocky Ridge Ranch, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rocky Ridge Ranch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |