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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Valley Forge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Valley Forge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Valley Forge, 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 Valley Forge (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 Valley Forge. 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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Valley Forge is historic, it would have been located within present day Saint Francois 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 Francois County: Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Perry, Sainte Genevieve & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Valley Forge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valley Forge:
- Saint Francois County (The home county of Valley Forge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Farmington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leadington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Town is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Town
- Knob Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Doe Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doe Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
- Park Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Esther
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Cantwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Flat River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Rivermines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Mineral City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Elvins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Desloge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Patton Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Middle Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- English Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- English Town is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- Pilot Knob
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ironton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belleview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Belleview is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Glover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glover is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Chloride
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chloride is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Valles Mines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Knorpp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Flucom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Olympian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- De Soto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Festus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hematite
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Crystal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Mine La Motte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Junction City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Fredericktown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cobalt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Millcreek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Millcreek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
- Tin Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Cornwall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Marquand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Saco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saco is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Silver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Lithium
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Perryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sereno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Millheim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- McBride
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Reynolds County
- Munger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Munger is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munger
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Chestnut Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Jonca
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Sprott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sprott is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprott
- Avon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Coffman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Weingarten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Clearwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Lawrenceton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- New Offenburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Rocky Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Womack
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- River aux Vases
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Irondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- French Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Caledonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cadet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Tiff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Potosi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Theabeau Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Belgrade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Old Mines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Sunlight
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sunlight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Fults
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Renault
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Chalfin Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Dozaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Modoc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Prairie du Rocher
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <2>
- Kaskaskia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Ellis Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Menard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valley Forge, see our County-by-County Page for Valley Forge.
Cemeteries Near Valley Forge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valley Forge.
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 Valley Forge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valley Forge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Glenda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rudy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Zolman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Masonic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Black Masonic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Masonic Cemetery of Farmington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
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- Doughty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillview Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
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.
Valley Forge itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valley Forge, with the one closest to Valley Forge listed first.
- Farmington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- De Lassus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- De Lassus is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lassus
- Jonca
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonca is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonca
- Doe Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doe Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
- Syenite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Syenite is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syenite
- Knob Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Libertyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Libertyville is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mill is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill
- Avon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Loughboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Loughboro is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loughboro
- Coffman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Coffman is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman
- Flat River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
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- Weingarten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Mine La Motte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mine La Motte is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine La Motte
- Hazel Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valley Forge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley Forge.
Newspapers Published in Valley Forge ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley Forge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valley Forge, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valley Forge.
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 Valley Forge:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Saint Francois County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Iron County
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Reynolds County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Washington County
- Monroe County
- Randolph 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 Valley Forge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 '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- Valley Forge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |