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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 Arlington (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 Arlington. 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.

Arlington is located in Reno 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 Reno County: Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Pratt, Rice, Sedgwick & Stafford.

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

  • Reno County     (The home county of Arlington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington, with the one closest to Arlington listed first.
    • Abbyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbyville
      • Abbyville is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Partridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
      • Partridge is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
    • Plevna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
      • Plevna is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Langdon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
      • Langdon is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Jordan Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
      • Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
    • Lerado
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lerado have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
      • Lerado is located in Reno County
    • Castleton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
      • Castleton is located in Reno County
    • Whiteside
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiteside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
      • Whiteside is located in Reno County
    • Pretty Prairie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Prairie
      • Pretty Prairie is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pretty Prairie <3>
    • Darlow
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
      • Darlow is located in Reno County
    • Adams Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adams Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
      • Adams Corner is located in Reno County
    • Cruppers Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruppers Corner
      • Cruppers Corner is located in Reno County
  • Harvey County
    • Burrton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrton
      • Burrton is located in Harvey County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
  • Kingman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington, with the one closest to Arlington listed first.
    • Penalosa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
      • Penalosa is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
    • Kingman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cunningham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
      • Cunningham is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Murdock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murdock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
      • Murdock is located in Kingman County
    • Belmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
      • Belmont is located in Kingman County
    • Willowdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
      • Willowdale is located in Kingman County
    • Spivey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spivey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
      • Spivey is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Pratt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington, with the one closest to Arlington listed first.
    • Preston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Preston is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
    • Cairo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
      • Cairo is located in Pratt County
  • Rice County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington, with the one closest to Arlington listed first.
    • Sterling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Alden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
      • Alden is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alden <3>
    • Saxman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saxman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
      • Saxman is located in Rice County
    • Raymond
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
      • Raymond is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
  • Sedgwick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington, with the one closest to Arlington listed first.
    • Mount Hope
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Cheney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Andale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Stafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arlington, with the one closest to Arlington listed first.
    • Neola
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
      • Neola is located in Stafford County
    • Stafford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
      • Stafford is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
      • Stafford has also been known as:
      • Stafford Center
      • Stafford City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stafford <3>
    • Hudson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Hudson is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Arlington ...

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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arlington.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Arlington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Arlington and those printed in the larger area surrounding Arlington.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Arlington.

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 websites either 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 Arlington:

Cemeteries Near Arlington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arlington.

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 Arlington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Arlington Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arlington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arlington Cemetery
  • Westminster Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westminster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westminster Cemetery
  • Old Langdon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Langdon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Langdon Cemetery
  • Bainum Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Abbyville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abbyville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbyville Cemetery
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
  • Baker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Baker Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Township Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
  • Partridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Partridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Partridge Cemetery
  • Langdon Maple Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langdon Maple Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langdon Maple Hill Cemetery
  • Sego Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sego Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sego Cemetery
  • West Center Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Center Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Partridge.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Center Cemetery
  • Center Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Cemetery
  • Continue List   (79 more) ...
    • Lerado Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lerado Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lerado Cemetery
    • Pleven Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleven Cemetery
    • Plainview Mennonite Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Arlington had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Arlington had a population of 445 people.

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

  • Abbyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbyville
    • Abbyville is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Partridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
    • Partridge is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
  • Langdon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
    • Langdon is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
  • Plevna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
    • Plevna is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Lerado
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lerado have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
    • Lerado is located in Reno County
  • Pretty Prairie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Prairie
    • Pretty Prairie is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pretty Prairie <3>
  • Castleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
    • Castleton is located in Reno County
  • Darlow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
    • Darlow is located in Reno County
  • Huntsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
    • Huntsville is located in Reno County
  • Sylvia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
    • Sylvia is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Sylvia has also been known as:
    • Anderson's Farm
  • Turon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
    • Turon is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
    • Former name for Turon:
    • Pioneer City
  • Penalosa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
    • Penalosa is located in Kingman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Elmer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
      • Elmer is located in Reno County
    • South Hutchinson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arlington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Reno County: www.rngov.reno.ks.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Arlington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arlington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8964, Longitude: -98.1779       In this case, the coordinates for Arlington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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 Arlington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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