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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Zeta. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Zeta to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Zeta, 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 Zeta (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 Zeta. 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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Zeta is historic, it would have been located within present day Stoddard 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 Stoddard County: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, New Madrid, Scott & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Zeta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zeta:
- Stoddard County (The home county of Zeta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Guam ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Bell City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Circle City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Leora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Painton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Brownwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Essex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Advance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grayridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Penermon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Dexter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Sturdivant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Greenbrier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbrier is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Zalma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zalma is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalma
- Estimated population in 2016: 89 people
- Leopold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Gipsy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipsy
- Laflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Lutesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buchanan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buchanan is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Grassy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Glenallen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Seopus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Fisk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rombauer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Broseley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Green Cox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Randles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- Allenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Whitewater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Crump
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Dutchtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Gordonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Burfordville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cape Girardeau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dunklin County
- Malden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Bertrand
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Whiting
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- East Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Morehouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Sikeston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Canalou
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Matthews
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Parma
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Parma is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Catron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Kewanee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- La Forge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- North Lilbourn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Risco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lilbourn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howardville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Crowder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Vanduser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Perkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Oran
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haywood City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Caney Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Morley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Miner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Blodgett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chaffee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- New Hamburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- McGee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McGee is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee
- Wappapello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lowndes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowndes
- Shook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook
- Hiram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hiram is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Thebes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Miller City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zeta, see our County-by-County Page for Zeta.
Cemeteries Near Zeta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zeta.
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 Zeta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zeta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Palmer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hopkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Link Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Darus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ellis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bell City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wambel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kinder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
While we didn't find Zeta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Zeta.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zeta, with the one closest to Zeta listed first.
- Avert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Avert is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avert
- Ardeola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ardeola is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardeola
- Zadock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zadock is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadock
- Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Idalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Idalia is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idalia
- Tillman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Leora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Essex
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Brownwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Castor ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Castor is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castor
- Acorn Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Acorn Ridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Ridge
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Advance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grayridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Perkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zeta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zeta.
Newspapers Published in Zeta ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zeta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zeta, 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 Zeta.
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 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 Zeta:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Stoddard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Butler County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Dunklin County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Scott County
- Wayne County
- Alexander 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 Zeta, 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 from Point A (ie- Zeta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |