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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Times Beach. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Times Beach to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Times Beach, please Contact Us.
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 Times Beach (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 Times Beach. 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.
Name Variations for Times Beach ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Times Beach: Times Bch.
- While the name of this community is Times Beach, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Times Beach may originally have been Time's Beach.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Times Beach might be written as Time Beach.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Times Beach is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Times Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Times Beach:
- Saint Louis County (The home county of Times Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Crescent
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Eureka
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Yeatman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Glencoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allenton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Ranken
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Ellisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ballwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peerless Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peerless Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless Park
- Twin Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Pacific
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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 <3>
- Saint Albans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Port Royal ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Port Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
- Catawissa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gray Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Robertsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Labadie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Boles is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Villa Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hemker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hemker is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemker
- Lonedell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lonedell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonedell
- Moselle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Moselle is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Gildehouse
(18 miles [29 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 Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Byrnes Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- High Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkdale
(4 miles [6.4 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
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Murphy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Murphy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- House Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Tekakwitha
(7 miles [11.3 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Cedar Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Otto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otto is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Cedar Hill Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Maxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Chain-of-Rocks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Old Monroe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Defiance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Augusta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harvester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Schluersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- All Saints Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village
- Cottleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dardenne Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Peters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gardnerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville
- Lake Saint Louis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Louis City
- The following are listed by their distance from Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Carondelet
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet
- University City
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
- Tower Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
- Saint Louis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Baden
(24 miles [38.6 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 Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Washington County
- Richwoods
(27 miles [43.5 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 Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Golden Eagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain
- Brussels
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Madison County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Madison County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Venice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Granite City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki
(29 miles [46.7 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 Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Columbia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Valmeyer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Madonnaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Mitchie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Monroe City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Wartburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfin Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Maeystown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burksville
(29 miles [46.7 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 Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- East Carondelet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dupo
(21 miles [33.8 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 <3>
- Cahokia
(22 miles [35.4 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 <3>
- Falling Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Sauget
(24 miles [38.6 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 <3>
- Imbs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- National City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn
(25 miles [40.2 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
- 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 <3>
- Centreville
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Millstadt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fairmont City
(28 miles [45.1 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 Times Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Times Beach.
Cemeteries Near Times Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Times Beach.
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 Times Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Times Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Ranken Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Peterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- J.J. McCormack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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]<5> 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 <4>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Parish Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Old St. Bridgets Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New St. Bridgets Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Pacific Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Skullens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.
While we didn't find Times Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Times Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Times Beach, with the one closest to Times Beach listed first.
- Crescent
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Crescent is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Eureka
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Yeatman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Glencoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sherman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sherman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Allenton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- High Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ranken
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ranken is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranken
- Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pond is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Ellisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valley Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ballwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Creek is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Times Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Times Beach.
Newspapers Published in Times Beach ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Times Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Times Beach, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Times Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Times Beach:
- 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> | 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 Times Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Times Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |