Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Atlanta (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 Atlanta. 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 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.
Atlanta is located in Cowley County.
To see how the shape of Kansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cowley County: Butler, Chautauqua, Elk, Sedgwick, Sumner, Kay (OK) & Osage (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Atlanta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Atlanta:
- Cowley County (The home county of Atlanta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Wilmot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Glen Crouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glen Crouse is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Crouse
- Burden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cambridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Floral
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Floral is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- New Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Grand Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grand Summit is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Summit
- Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eaton is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Tisdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tisdale is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisdale
- Akron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Akron is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Dale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dale is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Wingate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wingate is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Clay Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clay Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Smileyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smileyville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
- Latham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Bois d'Arc
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Douglass
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Keighley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Keighley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
- Leon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Pickrell Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pickrell Corner is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickrell Corner
- Haverhill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Haverhill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Chautauqua County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Cedar Vale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Vale is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 503 people
- Cedar Vale has also been known as:
- Cedar
- Cedarvale
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Vale <1>
- Wauneta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wauneta is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauneta
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Grenola
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Grenola is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Moline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Howard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 600 people
- Former name for Howard:
- Howard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <1>
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Piedmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reece
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reece is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece
- Sedgwick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Mulvane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Derby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Waco is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Sumner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Oxford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 988 people
- Former name for Oxford:
- Hapawalla
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <1>
- Paton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paton is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paton
- Belle Plaine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Geuda Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Geuda Springs is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geuda Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Atlanta, see our County-by-County Page for Atlanta.
Cemeteries Near Atlanta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Atlanta.
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 Atlanta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Atlanta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Timber Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Box Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Muqbra Muslim Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Latham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bryant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cambridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (106 more) ...
- Glen Grouse Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- High Prairie Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Widener Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Atlanta had a population of 275 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Atlanta had a population of 179 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Atlanta, with the one closest to Atlanta listed first.
- Wingate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wingate is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Wilmot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Burden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cambridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Latham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Floral
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Floral is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- New Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Akron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Akron is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Tisdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tisdale is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisdale
- Douglass
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dexter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Leon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Keighley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Keighley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Atlanta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atlanta.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Atlanta ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Atlanta.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Atlanta. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Atlanta and those printed in the larger area surrounding Atlanta.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Atlanta.
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 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 Atlanta:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Cowley County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Chautauqua County
- Elk County
- Greenwood County
- Sedgwick County
- Sumner County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Atlanta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Atlanta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |