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 Sherman (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 Sherman. 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 and hospitals 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.
Sherman is located in Saint Louis 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 Saint Louis County: Madison (IL), Monroe (IL), Saint Clair (IL), Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles & Saint Louis.
Below are the counties that are near Sherman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sherman:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Sherman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Crescent
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Glencoe
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Yeatman
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Ellisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ranken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Ballwin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peerless Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Twin Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twin Oaks is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Allenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Pacific
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Saint Albans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Catawissa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Robertsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Labadie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Boles
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Villa Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hemker
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Moselle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Gildehouse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gildehouse is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildehouse
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Parkdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Parkdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Peaceful Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Peaceful Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Byrnes Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- House Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Tekakwitha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tekakwitha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tekakwitha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Scotsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Otto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Cedar Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Maxville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Arnold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Old Monroe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chain-of-Rocks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Defiance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Harvester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Schluersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- Augusta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dardenne Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Saint Peters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gardnerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- University City
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Cheltenham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Carondelet
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- Tower Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Saint Louis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Baden
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Dutzow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Village of Three Creeks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Innsbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Innsbrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Innsbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Innsbrook has also been known as:
- Innsbrook village
- Wright City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County
- Richwoods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richwoods is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Calhoun County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Golden Eagle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Brussels
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Newport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Granite City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Columbia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Valmeyer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Madonnaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Mitchie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Monroe City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Wartburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Waterloo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfin Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- East Carondelet
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dupo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Cahokia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Falling Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Sauget
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Brooklyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Imbs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- National City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Centreville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- East Saint Louis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alorton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Fairmont City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fairmont City is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sherman, see our County-by-County Page for Sherman.
Cemeteries Near Sherman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherman.
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 Sherman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sherman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ranken Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Peterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Parish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- J.J. McCormack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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]<3> 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 <2>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Everwine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (274 more) ...
- Conway Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns UCC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bates Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sherman had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
- Crescent
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Yeatman
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Glencoe
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eureka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ranken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Ballwin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pond is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Allenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Valley Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fox Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Creek is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- High Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sherman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherman.
Newspapers Published in Sherman ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherman, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherman.
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 either 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 Sherman:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saint Louis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis City
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Calhoun 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> | 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sherman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sherman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |