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 Star (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 Star. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Star is located in Stoddard County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Stoddard County: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, New Madrid, Scott & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Star. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Star:
- Stoddard County (The home county of Star)
- The following are listed by their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Puxico
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puxico have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puxico
- Puxico is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Puxico <2>
- Dudley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Leora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bloomfield is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomfield <2>
- Dexter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dexter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Dexter is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,839 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <2>
- Brownwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Essex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Bernie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernie
- Bernie is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bernie <2>
- Guam ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Advance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Advance have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Advance is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Advance <2>
- Tillman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Circle City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circle City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Sturdivant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sturdivant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Gipsy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Greenbrier
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Zalma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Grassy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Leopold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Glenallen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Rombauer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Fisk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fisk is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisk <2>
- Kelly Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Poplar Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bluff
- Poplar Bluff is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar Bluff <2>
- Broseley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broseley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broseley
- Broseley is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broseley <2>
- Qulin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Harviell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harviell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harviell
- Harviell is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harviell <2>
- Oglesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Fagus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Neelyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neelyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyville
- Neelyville is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neelyville <2>
- Carter County
- Ellsinore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellsinore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsinore
- Ellsinore is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellsinore <2>
- Ellsinore
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Malden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden is located in Dunklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,858 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malden <2>
- Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Campbell is located in Dunklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,792 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campbell <2>
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Morehouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Parma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Fairdealing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairdealing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Gamburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Naylor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Perkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Crowder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Vanduser
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Wappapello
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wappapello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wappapello
- Wappapello is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wappapello <2>
- Shook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - McGee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Lowndes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Williamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Williamsville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsville <2>
- Hiram
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <2>
- Dees Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Clubb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Silva
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- Patterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Patterson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patterson <2>
- Cascade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Clay County (AR)
- Saint Francis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Francis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francis
- Saint Francis is located in Clay County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Francis <2>
- Saint Francis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Star, see our County-by-County Page for Star.
Newspapers Published in Star ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Star.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Star, 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 Star.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Star:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Stoddard County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Butler County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Carter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dunklin County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- New Madrid County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Ripley County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Scott County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clay County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bollinger County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Stoddard County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Stoddard County
Cemeteries Near Star ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Star.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Star covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Blue Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Spring Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelly Cemetery
- Owens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Owens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owens Cemetery
- Gravel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gravel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gravel Hill Cemetery
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Hill Cemetery
- Clubb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clubb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clubb Cemetery
- Huffman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huffman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huffman Cemetery
- Stephenson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stephenson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stephenson Cemetery
- Wilfong Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilfong Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilfong Cemetery
- Podesva Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Podesva Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Podesva Cemetery
- Dooley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dooley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dooley Cemetery
- Ash Hills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ash Hills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ash Hills Cemetery
- Continue List (271 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
- Chaonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chaonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chaonia Cemetery
- Carpenter Bend Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carpenter Bend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carpenter Bend Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
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 Star in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Star.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Star, with the one closest to Star listed first.
- Asherville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asherville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Asherville is located in Stoddard County
- Mingo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Wappapello
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wappapello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wappapello
- Wappapello is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wappapello <2>
- Puxico
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puxico have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puxico
- Puxico is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Puxico <2>
- Ash Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Acorn Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acorn Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Ridge
- Acorn Ridge is located in Stoddard County
- Dudley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Idlewild
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Hilliard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Poplar Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bluff
- Poplar Bluff is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar Bluff <2>
- Leora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Taskee Station ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taskee Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taskee Station
- Taskee Station is located in Wayne County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hendrickson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendrickson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson
- Hendrickson is located in Butler County
- Sturdivant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sturdivant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Keeners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hendrickson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Star. See our List of 1890's Communities around Star.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Star. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Star) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Star. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8978, Longitude: -90.2287 In this case, the coordinates for Star have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Star, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |