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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 Adams Corner (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 Adams Corner. 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.

Name Variations for Adams Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Adams Corner: Adams Cor. (or less commonly used: Adams Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Adams Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Adams Corner may originally have been Adam's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Adams Corner might be written as Adam Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

Adams Corner 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 Adams Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adams Corner:

  • Reno County     (The home county of Adams Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adams Corner, with the one closest to Adams Corner listed first.
    • Charters Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Yaggy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yaggy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaggy
      • Yaggy is located in Reno County
    • Whiteside
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nickerson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nickerson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickerson
      • Nickerson is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nickerson <4>
    • Willowbrook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
      • Willowbrook is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
    • Partridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • South Hutchinson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Abbyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
    • Hutchinson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cruppers Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Darlow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
      • Elmer is located in Reno County
    • McVays Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Harvey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adams Corner, with the one closest to Adams Corner listed first.
    • Burrton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Patterson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Patterson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
      • Patterson is located in Harvey County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Patterson
      • From Adams Corner to Patterson
    • Alta Mills ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alta Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Mills
      • Alta Mills is located in Harvey County
    • Paxton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Paxton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
      • Paxton is located in Harvey County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Paxton
      • From Adams Corner to Paxton
  • Kingman County
  • McPherson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adams Corner, with the one closest to Adams Corner listed first.
    • Inman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
      • Inman is located in McPherson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,324 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <4>
    • Windom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Groveland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Groveland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
      • Groveland is located in McPherson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Groveland
      • From Adams Corner to Groveland
    • Conway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Elyria
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elyria. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
      • Elyria is located in McPherson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elyria
      • From Adams Corner to Elyria
  • Rice County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adams Corner, with the one closest to Adams Corner listed first.
    • Sterling
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Saxman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saxman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
      • Saxman is located in Rice County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saxman
      • From Adams Corner to Saxman
    • Alden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
    • Lyons
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
      • Lyons is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,433 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <4>
    • Mitchell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mitchell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
      • Mitchell is located in Rice County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mitchell
      • From Adams Corner to Mitchell
    • Little River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Raymond
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Chase
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
      • Chase is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
    • Pollard ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pollard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
      • Pollard is located in Rice County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pollard
      • From Adams Corner to Pollard
    • Galt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Galt. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
      • Galt is located in Rice County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Galt
      • From Adams Corner to Galt
    • Silica
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silica. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
      • Silica is located in Rice County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Silica
      • From Adams Corner to Silica
  • Sedgwick County
  • Stafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adams Corner, with the one closest to Adams Corner listed first.
    • Neola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
      • Neola is located in Stafford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Neola
      • From Adams Corner to Neola
    • Stafford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Adams Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adams Corner.

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

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

  • Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • 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.
  • Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Partridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Partridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Partridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wild Mead Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wild Mead Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wild Mead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plainview Mennonite Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mitchell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mitchell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Peace Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Abbyville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbyville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abbyville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Westminster Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westminster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westminster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eastside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eastside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (74 more) ...
    • Fairlawn Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairlawn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Arlington Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arlington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arlington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

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

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

  • Partridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Nickerson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nickerson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickerson
    • Nickerson is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nickerson <4>
  • Abbyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
  • South Hutchinson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hutchinson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Darlow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
    • Elmer is located in Reno County
  • Arlington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Arlington is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <4>
  • Sterling
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Huntsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Plevna
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Castleton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
    • Castleton is located in Reno County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Yoder
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yoder have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder
      • Yoder is located in Reno County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yoder <4>
    • Medora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
      • Medora is located in Reno County
    • Saxman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saxman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
      • Saxman is located in Rice County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saxman
      • From Adams Corner to Saxman

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

Newspapers Published in Adams Corner ...

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 194 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adams Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adams Corner, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adams Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Adams Corner:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Adams Corner. 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>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Adams Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Adams Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adams Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0574, Longitude: -98.0875       In this case, the coordinates for Adams Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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