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 Scotsdale (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 Scotsdale. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Scotsdale is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Monroe (IL), Franklin, Saint Francois, Saint Louis, Sainte Genevieve & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Scotsdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scotsdale:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Scotsdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- House Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Byrnes Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Otto
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- High Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peaceful Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Cedar Hill Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill Lakes is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Dittmer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Lake Tekakwitha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Tekakwitha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tekakwitha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Murphy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Morse Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Pacific
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pacific is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,097 people
- Former name for Pacific:
- Franklin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacific <1>
- Catawissa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hemker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Robertsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gray Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lonedell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Luebbering
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luebbering is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luebbering
- Labadie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Albans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moselle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Villa Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boles
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Defiance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Augusta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schluersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- Weldon Spring Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Weldon Spring Heights is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Spring Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Weldon Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harvester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dardenne Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Peters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Melle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Blackwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Silver Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- French Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Settletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Settletown is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settletown
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Carondelet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Cheltenham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- University City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Saint Louis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crescent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Allenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Glencoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yeatman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Ranken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Fenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peerless Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Grover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Oaks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Oaks is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Valley Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Brickeys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Kinsey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Needmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Dutzow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Village of Three Creeks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Village of Three Creeks is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Three Creeks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Village of Three Creeks has also been known as:
- Three Creeks village
- Marthasville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Richwoods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richwoods is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Theabeau Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Tiff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Mud Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Old Mines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Cadet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Aptus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aptus is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
- French Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Fourche a Renault ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fourche a Renault is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche a Renault
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Valmeyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mitchie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Monroe City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Madonnaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Chalfin Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Wartburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Maeystown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Burksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Fults
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- East Carondelet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dupo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dupo is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupo <1>
- Falling Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Cahokia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cahokia is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahokia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,742 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cahokia <1>
- Imbs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- Sauget
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sauget is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauget
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sauget <1>
- Millstadt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Centreville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Alorton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alorton is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alorton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alorton <1>
- Brooklyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- East Saint Louis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- National City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scotsdale, see our County-by-County Page for Scotsdale.
Cemeteries Near Scotsdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scotsdale.
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 Scotsdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scotsdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- Skullens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ranken Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- J.J. McCormack Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J.J. McCormack Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the J.J. McCormack Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Fenton.
- The J.J. McCormack Cemetery has also been known as:
- McCormack Cemetery
- McCormick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30077 <3>
- Allen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mahlers Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liquori Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shepherd Hills Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (296 more) ...
- Richardson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Finney Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Scotsdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scotsdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scotsdale, with the one closest to Scotsdale listed first.
- House Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Local
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Local is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Local
- Byrnesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Byrnesville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrnesville
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Regina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Regina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
- High Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Belews Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Belews Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belews Creek
- Rock Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Antonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Antonia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonia
- Morse Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Morse Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Mill
- Seckman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Seckman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seckman
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Allenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Crescent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Oermann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oermann is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oermann
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scotsdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scotsdale.
Newspapers Published in Scotsdale ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scotsdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scotsdale, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scotsdale.
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 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 Scotsdale:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Francois County
- Saint Louis City
- Saint Louis County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Saint Clair 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Scotsdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Scotsdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |