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 Whitewater (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 Whitewater. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau County: Alexander (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Perry, Scott & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Whitewater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitewater:
- Cape Girardeau County (The home county of Whitewater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Allenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Crump
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Dutchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Green Cox
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Randles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Gravel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Gordonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burfordville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Laflin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Lutesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glenallen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Seopus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Greenbrier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Zalma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Sturdivant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Grassy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Sedgewickville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Buchanan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Marquand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cornwall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Mississippi County
- Bertrand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Morehouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Sikeston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Biehle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Millheim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Frohna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Longtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Altenburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brazeau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Eureka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Chaffee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Caney Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Kelso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Hamburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Oran
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Morley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Vanduser
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Haywood City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Painton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Advance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Brownwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Bell City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Leora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Guam ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Circle City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Grayridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Puxico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Essex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- McGee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McGee is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
- Cascade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Lowndes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hiram is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Clubb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clubb is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubb
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- East Cape Girardeau
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Thebes
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- McClure
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Olive Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Miller City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Diswood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Elco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hodges Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Tamms
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <1>
- Unity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cache
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Wolf Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitewater, see our County-by-County Page for Whitewater.
Cemeteries Near Whitewater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitewater.
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 Whitewater - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitewater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Stroderville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Passover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Proffer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Allenville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kenyon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crump Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Proffer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gartung Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Borneman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mansion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spivey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stoder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hager Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Whitewater in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whitewater.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitewater, with the one closest to Whitewater listed first.
- Allenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Crump
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Delta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Arbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Arbor is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor
- Houck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Houck is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houck
- Laflin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Green Cox
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Randles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Dutchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Tilsit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tilsit is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilsit
- Leopold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Gravel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Perkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Caney Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Burfordville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitewater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitewater.
Newspapers Published in Whitewater ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitewater.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitewater, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitewater.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Whitewater:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cape Girardeau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Madison County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Perry County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Alexander County
- Union 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> | 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. |
| <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 Whitewater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Whitewater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |