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 Saline Junction (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 Saline Junction. 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 Saline Junction ...
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 Saline Junction: Saline Jct. (or less commonly used: Saline Jctn.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Saline Junction is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Jackson (IL), Randolph (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Saint Francois & Sainte Genevieve.
Below are the counties that are near Saline Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saline Junction:
- Perry County (The home county of Saline Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Sereno
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Lithium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Perryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Longtown
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Eureka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Biehle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Farrar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Brazeau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Uniontown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(18 miles [29 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 Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Seopus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Friedheim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Old Appleton
(16 miles [25.7 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Shawneetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Oak Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pocahontas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Millersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leemon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Burfordville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Cornwall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Cobalt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fredericktown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Millcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Knob Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Farmington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- French Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Saint Mary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Ozora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Quarry Town
(11 miles [17.7 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
- River aux Vases
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Clearwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Sainte Genevieve
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Coffman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Zell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Avon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Degognia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Jacob
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Campbell Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ava
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- Gorham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grand Tower
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oraville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Murphysboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vergennes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Monroe County (IL)
- Renault
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Willisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cutler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Menard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dozaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Rockwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Palestine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Bremen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leanderville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Welge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Ellis Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Blair
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saline Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Saline Junction.
Cemeteries Near Saline Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saline Junction.
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 Saline Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saline Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Preston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Perryville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30327 <2>
- St. Marys of the Barrens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Perryville.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immanuel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29496 <2>
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Friedenberg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nativity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- Voelker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Baptist Shed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stump Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Saline Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saline Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saline Junction, with the one closest to Saline Junction listed first.
- Brewer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Sereno
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Lithium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Perryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Belgique
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belgique is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgique
- Saint Mary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claryville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claryville
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Menard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Minnith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Crosstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crosstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosstown
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Point Rest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Point Rest is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rest
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saline Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saline Junction.
Newspapers Published in Saline Junction ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saline Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saline Junction, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saline Junction.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Saline Junction:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Madison County
- Saint Francois County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Perry 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 Saline Junction, 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 from Point A (ie- Saline Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |