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 Valley View (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 View. 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 Valley View ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Valley View: Valley Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Valley View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Valley View.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Valley View 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 Valley View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valley View:
- Sainte Genevieve County (The home county of Valley View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- Kinsey
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Needmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Bloomsdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brickeys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brickeys is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Former names for Brickeys:
- Brickeys Gristmill
- Brickeys Landing
- Clement ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clement is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement
- Lawrenceton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Rocky Ridge Ranch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ridge Ranch is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge Ranch
- Rocky Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Zell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- New Offenburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Weingarten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Weingarten is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weingarten
- Marlo ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marlo is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlo
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- Flucom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Knorpp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Olympian Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
- Valles Mines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crystal City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Festus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Herculaneum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horine is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horine
- De Soto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mapaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mapaville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapaville
- Pevely
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- Mine La Motte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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 Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- Lithium
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lithium is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- McBride
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sereno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- Silver Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Saint Francois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- French Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Bonne Terre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cantwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cantwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantwell
- Desloge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Esther
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Esther is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther
- Leadington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Settletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Settletown is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settletown
- Flat River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
- Rivermines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rivermines is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermines
- Elvins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elvins is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvins
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- Oakville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oakville is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Mattese
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mattese is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattese
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- Tiff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tiff is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff
- Cadet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- French Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- French Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Town
- Theabeau Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Theabeau Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theabeau Town
- Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Mineral Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mineral Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Mud Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mud Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Town
- Irondale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Mines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Old Mines is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
- Potosi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Monroe County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- Fults
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Renault
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfin Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chalfin Bridge is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfin Bridge
- Mitchie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
- Maeystown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Madonnaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Madonnaville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madonnaville
- Monroe City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Monroe City is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Burksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Valmeyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wartburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
- Burksville Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Foster Pond ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Foster Pond is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Pond
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- Prairie du Rocher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Modoc
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Ruma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Evansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Red Bud
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dozaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dozaville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozaville
- Kaskaskia
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Walsh
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Walsh is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Baldwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Menard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- New Athens
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Millstadt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lenzburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smithton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lementon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valley View, see our County-by-County Page for Valley View.
Cemeteries Near Valley View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valley View.
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 View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valley View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- Concord Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hoover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beckemeyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bockenkamp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moeller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wagoner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Weaver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Curtis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Porter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Donnell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Lucas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barsotti Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McClain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Valley View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valley View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valley View, with the one closest to Valley View listed first.
- Kinsey
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Bloomsdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Danby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Danby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Lawrenceton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- French Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Prairie du Rocher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Plattin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plattin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattin
- Flucom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- New Offenburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Renault
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oakvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Knorpp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Halifax
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Halifax is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Mitchie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valley View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valley View.
Newspapers Published in Valley View ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valley View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valley View, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valley View.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 View:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Sainte Genevieve County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jefferson County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Saint Francois County
- Saint Louis County
- Washington County
- Monroe County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair 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> | 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 View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |