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 Vienna (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 Vienna. 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 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.
Vienna is located in Maries County and is the County Seat.
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 Maries County: Gasconade, Miller, Osage, Phelps & Pulaski.
Below are the counties that are near Vienna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vienna:
- Maries County (The home county of Vienna)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Lindell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Paydown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Brinktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brinktown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinktown
- Lanes Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Vichy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Belle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Tebbetts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Cedar City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Saint Thomas
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Teal ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Teal is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Taos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Henley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Henley is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Wardsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Osage City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Hickory Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Eugene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <1>
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Jake Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jake Prairie is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Prairie
- Oak Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Cuba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dent County
- Lecoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lecoma is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecoma
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Bland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Redbird is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Mount Sterling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Bem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bem is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bem
- Owensville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Saint Elizabeth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Iberia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marys Home
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Marys Home is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Home
- Ulman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tuscumbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brumley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Etterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Etterville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etterville
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Argyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Freeburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Freeburg is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Koeltztown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Meta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Koenig
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Koenig is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koenig
- Byron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Westphalia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Folk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Folk is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Linn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Loose Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bonnots Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Doolittle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Doolittle is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Jerome
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Newburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Newburg is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Rolla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosati
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rosati is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosati
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crocker
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Devils Elbow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hawkeye
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Saint Robert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swedeborg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Swedeborg is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeborg
- Waynesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vienna, see our County-by-County Page for Vienna.
Cemeteries Near Vienna ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vienna.
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 Vienna - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vienna covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Visitation Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vienna Public Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Feeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloom Garden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Snodgrass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bumpass Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fulkerson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tennison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Branson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Breeding Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (282 more) ...
- Guardian Angel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dodd Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Vienna had a population of 87 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Vienna had a population of 601 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vienna, with the one closest to Vienna listed first.
- Hayden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hayden is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Lindell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lindell is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindell
- Paydown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paydown is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
- Tavern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tavern is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern
- Lois
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lois is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lois
- Koeltztown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Koeltztown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koeltztown
- Vichy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vichy is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vichy
- Lanes Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
- Van Cleve
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Van Cleve is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Cleve
- Belle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Fountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rich Fountain is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Fountain
- Babbtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Babbtown is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbtown
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- High Gate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- High Gate is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Gate
- Franks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Franks is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vienna. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vienna.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Vienna ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vienna.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Vienna. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Vienna and those printed in the larger area surrounding Vienna.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> of Vienna.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Vienna:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Maries County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Callaway County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Dent County
- Gasconade County
- Miller County
- Osage County
- Phelps County
- Pulaski 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 Vienna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Vienna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |