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 Saint Mary (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 Saint Mary. 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 Saint Mary ...
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 Saint Mary: St. Mary
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Mary. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Mary.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Saint Mary 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 Saint Mary. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Mary:
- Sainte Genevieve County (The home county of Saint Mary)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Quarry Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- Ozora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Minnith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Sainte Genevieve
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- River aux Vases
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Zell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Clearwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- New Offenburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Coffman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Weingarten
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Patton Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Sedgewickville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Patton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Friedheim
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Old Appleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Daisy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Shawneetown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Oak Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Junction City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Cornwall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Fredericktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cobalt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Lithium
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Perryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Longtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Eureka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Millheim
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Farrar
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Biehle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Brazeau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Uniontown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Frohna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- French Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Esther
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Leadington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cantwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Flat River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Hamilton Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Park Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Degognia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Campbell Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ava
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ava is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <1>
- Jacob
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gorham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grand Tower
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oraville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Renault
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fults
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Maeystown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hecker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Chalfin Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Perry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Willisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cutler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Conant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conant is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Dozaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Menard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ellis Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Palestine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Bremen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Modoc
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Rockwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Evansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Welge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Leanderville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Walsh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Marissa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marissa is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marissa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marissa <1>
- Lenzburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Washington County (IL)
- Clarmin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarmin is located in Washington County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Mary, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Mary.
Cemeteries Near Saint Mary ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Mary.
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 Saint Mary - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Mary covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kaskaskia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Roth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Voelker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mange Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mann Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Valle Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nativity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Saint Mary had a population of 446 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Saint Mary had a population of 345 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Mary, with the one closest to Saint Mary listed first.
- Kaskaskia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Lithium
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Brewer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Claryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Claryville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claryville
- Menard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minnith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Sereno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sainte Genevieve
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- River aux Vases
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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
- Belgique
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belgique is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgique
- Ellis Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Perryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Palestine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Zell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Mary. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Mary.
Newspapers Published in Saint Mary ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Mary.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Mary, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Mary.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Saint Mary:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Sainte Genevieve County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Washington 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 Saint Mary, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Saint Mary) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |