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 Tilsit (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 Tilsit. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Tilsit is located in Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau County: Alexander (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Perry, Scott & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Tilsit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tilsit:
- Cape Girardeau County (The home county of Tilsit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Gordonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Burfordville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crump
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Gravel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Millersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Dutchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Whitewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Cape Girardeau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Laflin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Seopus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Leopold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Lutesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sedgewickville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Glenallen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Patton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Patton Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Greenbrier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Grassy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Zalma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Marquand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cornwall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Biehle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Uniontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Millheim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Altenburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Frohna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Brazeau
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Longtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Eureka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farrar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Silver Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Perryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Chaffee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Kelso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- New Hamburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Oran
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Benton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Commerce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Haywood City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Painton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Advance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Brownwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Bell City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Leora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Guam ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Cascade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- McGee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGee is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- East Cape Girardeau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- McClure
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Thebes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Diswood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Olive Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tamms
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <1>
- Miller City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cache
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Grand Tower
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jacob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ullin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Wolf Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Mill Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Jonesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Anna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Anna is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <1>
- Alto Pass
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tilsit, see our County-by-County Page for Tilsit.
Cemeteries Near Tilsit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tilsit.
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 Tilsit - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tilsit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Zion UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eakon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beach Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kinder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McGuire Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Borneman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gartung Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Herzinger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Hager Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slinkerd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Tilsit had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tilsit, with the one closest to Tilsit listed first.
- Houck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Houck is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houck
- Burfordville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crump
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Allenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Dutchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Millersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Fruitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitland is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Kurreville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kurreville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurreville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cape Girardeau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leopold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Oak Ridge
(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 Tilsit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tilsit.
Newspapers Published in Tilsit ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tilsit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tilsit, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tilsit.
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 Tilsit:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cape Girardeau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Alexander County
- Jackson County
- Pulaski County
- Union 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 Tilsit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tilsit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |