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 Sainte Genevieve (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 Sainte Genevieve. 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 Sainte Genevieve ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sainte Genevieve: Ste. Genevieve
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sainte Genevieve. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sainte Genevieve.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Sainte Genevieve is located in Sainte Genevieve County and is the County Seat.
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 Sainte Genevieve. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sainte Genevieve:
- Sainte Genevieve County (The home county of Sainte Genevieve)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Quarry Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- Zell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Ozora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- River aux Vases
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Clement ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Saint Mary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Offenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Bloomsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Rocky Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Cape Girardeau County
- Friedheim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Flucom
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Olympian Village
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Knorpp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Crystal City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Festus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Valles Mines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Herculaneum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Horine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Pevely
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mapaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Junction City
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Lithium
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Perryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Longtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Millheim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Eureka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Biehle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Farrar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Brazeau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- French Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leadington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Cantwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Esther
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Flat River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Silver Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Park Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bonne Terre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rivermines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Degognia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Campbell Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ava
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Renault
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fults
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Chalfin Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Madonnaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Mitchie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Monroe City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Hecker
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wartburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Perry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Willisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cutler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Modoc
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Dozaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Prairie du Rocher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Ellis Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kaskaskia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Evansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ruma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Menard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Palestine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Chester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Preston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Walsh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Marissa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- New Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Athens is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Lenzburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lementon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
- Smithton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Clarmin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clarmin is located in Washington County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
- Caspars
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caspars is located in Washington County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sainte Genevieve, see our County-by-County Page for Sainte Genevieve.
Cemeteries Near Sainte Genevieve ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sainte Genevieve.
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 Sainte Genevieve - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sainte Genevieve covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Valle Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kaskaskia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roth Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stipe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McCormick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mann Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kelly Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Sainte Genevieve had a population of 1,586 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Sainte Genevieve had a population of 4,406 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sainte Genevieve, with the one closest to Sainte Genevieve listed first.
- Zell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Modoc
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- River aux Vases
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Prairie du Rocher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Saint Mary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kaskaskia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Ellis Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Offenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Bloomsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Weingarten
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Evansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Minnith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ames
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ames is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Ruma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Menard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sainte Genevieve. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sainte Genevieve.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sainte Genevieve ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sainte Genevieve.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sainte Genevieve. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sainte Genevieve and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sainte Genevieve.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4> of Sainte Genevieve.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Sainte Genevieve:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Sainte Genevieve County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- Jefferson 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 Sainte Genevieve, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sainte Genevieve) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |