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 Salcedo (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 Salcedo. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Salcedo is located in Scott 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 Scott County: Alexander (IL), Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Salcedo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Salcedo:
- Scott County (The home county of Salcedo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salcedo, with the one closest to Salcedo listed first.
- Crowder
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Vanduser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Miner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Haywood City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Morley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Blodgett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Oran
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Diehlstadt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Perkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Benton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Caney Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- New Hamburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salcedo, with the one closest to Salcedo listed first.
- Sturdivant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Greenbrier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Leopold
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Zalma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Laflin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Butler County
- Fisk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salcedo, with the one closest to Salcedo listed first.
- Randles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Green Cox
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Allenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Whitewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Dutchtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Crump
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Cape Girardeau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gordonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dunklin County
- Malden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salcedo, with the one closest to Salcedo listed first.
- Bertrand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Whiting
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- East Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Anniston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Wilson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Pinhook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Thirtyfour Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wolf Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Wyatt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salcedo, with the one closest to Salcedo listed first.
- Morehouse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Sikeston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Canalou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Matthews
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Kewanee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- La Forge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Catron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Lilbourn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Lilbourn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Parma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Parma is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Howardville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- New Madrid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Salcedo, with the one closest to Salcedo listed first.
- Grayridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Circle City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Guam ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Baker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Penermon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Bell City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Essex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Painton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Tillman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- LaValle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Dexter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Advance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Salcedo, with the one closest to Salcedo listed first.
- Miller City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Thebes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Olive Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cache
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Cairo Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Unity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Future City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Hodges Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- East Cape Girardeau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Diswood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Pulaski County (IL)
- Mounds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Salcedo, see our County-by-County Page for Salcedo.
Cemeteries Near Salcedo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Salcedo.
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 Salcedo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Salcedo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Salcedo, with the one closest to Salcedo listed first.
- Garden of Memories
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cobb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bennifield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buggs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ellis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bluff Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- New Morley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Matthews Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett 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.<2>
While we didn't find Salcedo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Salcedo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Salcedo, with the one closest to Salcedo listed first.
- Morehouse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Little River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little River is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Buffington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Buffington is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Sikeston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grayridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Avert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Avert is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avert
- Idalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Idalia is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idalia
- Essex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Blodgett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Morley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Bell City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Ogden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ardeola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ardeola is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardeola
- Bertrand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Oran
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Salcedo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Salcedo.
Newspapers Published in Salcedo ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Salcedo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Salcedo, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Salcedo.
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 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 Salcedo:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Butler County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Dunklin County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Pulaski 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> | 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 Salcedo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Salcedo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |