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 Thomure (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 Thomure. 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 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.
Thomure is located in Sainte Genevieve 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 Sainte Genevieve County: Monroe (IL), Randolph (IL), Jefferson, Perry & Saint Francois.
Below are the counties that are near Thomure. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thomure:
- Sainte Genevieve County (The home county of Thomure)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Little Rock Landing ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Little Rock Landing is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Landing
- Sainte Genevieve
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Zell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Clement ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Quarry Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quarry Town is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Town
- Quarry Town has also been known as:
- Quarrytown
- Bloomsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brickeys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Ozora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- River aux Vases
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- 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
- New Offenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Needmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Flucom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Knorpp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Crystal City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Festus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Olympian Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Valles Mines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Herculaneum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Horine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- Pevely
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- De Soto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barnhart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- Mine La Motte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Lithium
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Silver Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Perryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Eureka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Biehle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Farrar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- French Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leadington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Esther
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Cantwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Flat River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Park Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rivermines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Bonne Terre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elvins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Knob Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Degognia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Campbell Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Renault
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fults
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maeystown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Burksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Chalfin Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Madonnaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Mitchie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Monroe City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Hecker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wartburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Waterloo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Perry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Willisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cutler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Perry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Modoc
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Prairie du Rocher
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Ellis Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dozaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Ruma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kaskaskia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Preston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Walsh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- New Palestine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Menard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Lenzburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marissa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marissa is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marissa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,785 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marissa <1>
- New Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Athens is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Lementon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
- Smithton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fayetteville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Freeburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Clarmin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clarmin is located in Washington County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarmin
- Caspars
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caspars is located in Washington County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspars
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thomure, see our County-by-County Page for Thomure.
Cemeteries Near Thomure ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomure.
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 Thomure - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thomure covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Valle Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kaskaskia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stipe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McCormick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kelly Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (342 more) ...
- St. John Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rebenack Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 Thomure in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thomure.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thomure, with the one closest to Thomure listed first.
- Sainte Genevieve
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Modoc
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Zell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Prairie du Rocher
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <1>
- Ellis Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bloomsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Offenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- River aux Vases
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- 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
- Kaskaskia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ruma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Ames
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ames is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Saint Mary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weingarten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Renault
(11 miles [17.7 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 Thomure. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thomure.
Newspapers Published in Thomure ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomure.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thomure, 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 Thomure.
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 helpful 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 Thomure:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Sainte Genevieve County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Perry County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Washington 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 Thomure, 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- Thomure) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |