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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Ardell during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Ardell was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Ardell (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 Ardell. 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 hospitals and 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.

Ardell is located in Edwards County.

To see how the shape of Kansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Edwards County: Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt & Stafford.

Below are the counties that are near Ardell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ardell:

  • Edwards County     (The home county of Ardell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ardell, with the one closest to Ardell listed first.
    • Offerle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerle
      • Offerle is located in Edwards County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Kinsley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Williams ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Williams is located in Edwards County
    • Nettleton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nettleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
      • Nettleton is located in Edwards County
    • Lewis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
      • Lewis is located in Edwards County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <2>
    • Centerview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
      • Centerview is located in Edwards County
    • Fellsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fellsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsburg
      • Fellsburg is located in Edwards County
    • Belpre
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
      • Belpre is located in Edwards County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Trousdale ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trousdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
      • Trousdale is located in Edwards County
  • Ford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ardell, with the one closest to Ardell listed first.
    • Windhorst
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windhorst
      • Windhorst is located in Ford County
    • Windthorst
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windthorst
      • Windthorst is located in Ford County
    • Spearville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearville
      • Spearville is located in Ford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
    • Ford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
      • Ford is located in Ford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ford <2>
    • Wright
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
      • Wright is located in Ford County
    • Bucklin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucklin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
      • Bucklin is located in Ford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bucklin <2>
    • Fort Dodge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dodge
      • Fort Dodge is located in Ford County
    • Wilroads Gardens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads Gardens
      • Wilroads Gardens is located in Ford County
    • Wilroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads
      • Wilroads is located in Ford County
    • Dodge City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Hodgeman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ardell, with the one closest to Ardell listed first.
    • Hanston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
      • Hanston is located in Hodgeman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
    • Jetmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Kiowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ardell, with the one closest to Ardell listed first.
    • Mullinville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullinville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullinville
      • Mullinville is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullinville <2>
    • Greensburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
      • Greensburg is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 779 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greensburg <2>
    • Brenham ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brenham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
      • Brenham is located in Kiowa County
    • Haviland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haviland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
      • Haviland is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haviland <2>
  • Pawnee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ardell, with the one closest to Ardell listed first.
    • Garfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Burdett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
      • Burdett is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
    • Rozel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
      • Rozel is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
    • Larned
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stafford County
    • Macksville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ardell, see our County-by-County Page for Ardell.

Newspapers Published in Ardell ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ardell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ardell, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ardell.

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 Ardell:

Cemeteries Near Ardell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ardell.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ardell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ardell, with the one closest to Ardell listed first.

  • Old Kinsley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Kinsley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Kinsley Cemetery
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • St. Nicholas Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Nicholas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Old St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Trotter Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trotter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trotter Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...
    • Silent Land Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silent Land Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silent Land Cemetery
    • Wayne Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery

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.<6>

While we didn't find Ardell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ardell.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ardell, with the one closest to Ardell listed first.

  • Offerle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerle
    • Offerle is located in Edwards County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
  • Kinsley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bellefont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellefont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefont
    • Bellefont is located in Ford County
  • Nettleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nettleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
    • Nettleton is located in Edwards County
  • Lewis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Lewis is located in Edwards County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <2>
  • Spearville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearville
    • Spearville is located in Ford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
  • Fellsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fellsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsburg
    • Fellsburg is located in Edwards County
  • Garfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Garfield is located in Pawnee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
  • Gray
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Gray is located in Hodgeman County
  • Hanston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
    • Hanston is located in Hodgeman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
  • Rozel
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
    • Rozel is located in Pawnee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Burdett
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
    • Burdett is located in Pawnee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Mullinville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullinville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullinville
      • Mullinville is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullinville <2>
    • Belpre
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
      • Belpre is located in Edwards County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Wright
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
      • Wright is located in Ford County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ardell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ardell.

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Ardell and then turned east". While Ardell could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Ardell as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ardell could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Kansas community named Ardell.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ardell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ardell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9017, Longitude: -99.4965       In this case, the coordinates for Ardell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Ardell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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