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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 University City (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 University City. 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.

Cemeteries Near University City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of University City.

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 University City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from University City, with the one closest to University City listed first.

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 University City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of University City.

These communities are listed based on their distance from University City, with the one closest to University City listed first.

  • Clayton
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Wellston
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wellston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellston
    • Wellston is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Wellston
    • From University City to Wellston
  • Hillsdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
    • Hillsdale is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,536 people
  • Olivette
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Brentwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Ellendale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellendale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
    • Ellendale is located in Saint Louis City
  • Benton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Benton is located in Saint Louis City
  • Cheltenham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheltenham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
    • Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City
  • Normandy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normandy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
  • Rock Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Clifton Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Heights
    • Clifton Heights is located in Saint Louis City
  • Gratiot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gratiot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
    • Gratiot is located in Saint Louis City
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Tower Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Glendale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Webster Groves
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around University City. See our List of 1890's Communities around University City.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of University City ...

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 597 newspapers that have been published in the area around University City.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of University City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of University City and those printed in the larger area surrounding University City.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<6> of University City.

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 University City:

The official website for University City: www.ucitymo.org/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<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 University City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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- University City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in University City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6646, Longitude: -90.3322    









 

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This page was last modified/updated: 28 Apr 2025