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 Weldon (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 Weldon. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Weldon is located in Saint Charles 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 Charles County : Calhoun (IL) , Jersey (IL) , Madison (IL) , Franklin , Lincoln , Saint Louis & Warren .
Below are the counties that are near Weldon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weldon:
Saint Charles County (The home county of Weldon)
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Weldon Spring (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Weldon Spring Heights (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
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
All Saints Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
All Saints Village is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Village Cottleville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Harvester (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Dardenne Prairie (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Saint Peters (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Defiance (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
O'Fallon (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Saint Charles (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Lake Saint Louis (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Gardnerville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Gardnerville is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnerville Josephville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Josephville is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephville Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Port Royal ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Port Royal is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal Saint Albans (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Pacific (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
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 <1>
Labadie (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Boles (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Boles is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Gray Summit (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Catawissa (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Villa Ridge (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Robertsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Gildehouse (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Gildehouse is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildehouse Washington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Fourmile Corner (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Fourmile Corner is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Corner Moselle (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Moselle is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Murphy (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Murphy is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Parkdale (16 miles [25.7 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 (16 miles [25.7 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
Lake Tekakwitha (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Lake Tekakwitha is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tekakwitha Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
High Ridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Byrnes Mill (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
House Springs (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Scotsdale (21 miles [33.8 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 (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Otto (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Otto is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto Maxville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Maxville is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville Cedar Hill Lakes (24 miles [38.6 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
Arnold (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Lincoln County
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Old Monroe (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Chain-of-Rocks (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
Cap au Gris (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Cap au Gris is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap au Gris Winfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Fountain N' Lakes (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Fountain N' Lakes is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain N' Lakes Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
Fountain N' Lakes has also been known as:
Fountain N' Lakes village Moscow Mills (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Argentville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Argentville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville Foley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Troy (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Cave (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Cave is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
Saint Louis City
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
University City (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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 (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Cheltenham is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham Tower Grove (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove Baden (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Baden is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden Carondelet (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Carondelet is located in Saint Louis City Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carondelet Saint Louis (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Saint Louis County
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Gumbo (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo Chesterfield (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Clarkson Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Clarkson Valley is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Valley Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
Lake (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Lake is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Grover (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Melrose (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Melrose is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Ellisville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Ballwin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Fernridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Fernridge is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge Maryland Heights (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Maryland Heights is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Heights Population from the 2020 Census: 26,895 people
Glencoe (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Hollow (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Hollow is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Dutzow (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Village of Three Creeks (19 miles [30.6 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 Wright City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Innsbrook (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
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 Marthasville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Truesdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Truesdale is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
Warrenton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Treloar (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Calhoun County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Golden Eagle (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Deer Plain (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Deer Plain is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Plain Brussels (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Batchtown (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Gilead (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Gilead is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead Star City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Star City is located in Calhoun County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City Jersey County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Grafton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Chautauqua (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Chautauqua is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua Elsah (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Nutwood (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Nutwood is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood Dow (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Otterville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Otterville is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterville Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
Fieldon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
McClusky (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
McClusky is located in Jersey County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClusky Madison County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Newport (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Newport is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Venice (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Granite City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Madison (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Melville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Melville is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Nameoki (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Nameoki is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki Altamont (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Alton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Alton is located in Madison County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton Population from the 2020 Census: 26,049 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
Godfrey (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Monroe County (IL)
Columbia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Saint Clair County (IL)
The following are listed by their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
East Carondelet (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Brooklyn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Brooklyn is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
Cahokia (26 miles [41.8 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 <1>
Falling Spring (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring National City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Sauget (27 miles [43.5 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 <1>
Dupo (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
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 <1>
East Saint Louis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Alorton (30 miles [48.3 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 <1>
Centreville (30 miles [48.3 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
Fairmont City (30 miles [48.3 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
Imbs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Imbs is located in Saint Clair County (IL) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weldon, see our County-by-County Page for Weldon .
Cemeteries Near Weldon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weldon.
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 Weldon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weldon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Thomas Howell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Friedens German / English Evangelical Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bates Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Wolf Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Cottleville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
St. John UCC Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Coleman Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Tyler Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Pitman Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Francis Howell Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mt. Zion Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
St. Johns UCC Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Continue List (277 more) ...
Dardenne Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Sage Chapel Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Everwine Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Weldon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Weldon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Weldon, with the one closest to Weldon listed first.
Weldon Spring (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Gumbo (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo Hamburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hamburg is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg Orrville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Orrville is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville Stevens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Stevens is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cottleville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Harvester (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Port Royal ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Port Royal is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal Pond (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Pond is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Lake (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Lake is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Saint Peters (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Dardenne (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Dardenne is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dardenne Continue List (13 more) ...
Mechanicsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Mechanicsville is located in Saint Charles County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville O'Fallon (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Melrose (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Melrose is located in Saint Louis County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weldon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weldon .
Newspapers Published in Weldon ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weldon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weldon, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Weldon.
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 helpful 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 Weldon:
Websites specific to Missouri Pages specific to Saint Charles County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Franklin County Jefferson County Lincoln County Saint Louis City Saint Louis County Warren County Calhoun County Jersey County Madison County Monroe County Saint Clair County Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Weldon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Saint Charles County: https://www.sccmo.org/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Weldon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Weldon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.