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 Atlas (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 Atlas. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Atlas is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Bourbon, Cherokee, Labette, Neosho, Barton (MO), Jasper (MO) & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Atlas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Atlas:
- Crawford County (The home county of Atlas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Kirkwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Klendike
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Klendike is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
- Pittsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Opolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Lone Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Capaldo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Frontenac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beulah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Radley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Radley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radley
- Cornell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Ringo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ringo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringo
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Pawnee Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Garland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Hiattville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Godfrey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Hollister
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Edward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Ronald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Porterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Roseland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Scammon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Carona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- Mackie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mackie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- Skidmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Skidmore is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Stone City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stone City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Labette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Strauss
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Strauss is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
- Oswego
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Labette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Labette is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Labette has also been known as:
- Labette City
- Parsons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chetopa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neosho County
- Saint Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Mindenmines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Burgess
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burgess is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Liberal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Oakton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oakton is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Lamar Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Irwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Kenoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Jasper County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Opolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Asbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waco is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Medoc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Carl Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Klondike
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Klondike is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Neck City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Purcell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thoms
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Oronogo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Dennis Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Grand Falls Plaza
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Cliff Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Leawood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leawood is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Redings Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Silver Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Loma Linda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Saginaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Spring City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Spring City is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Bronaugh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Sheldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Picher ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cardin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Quapaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lincolnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Atlas, see our County-by-County Page for Atlas.
Cemeteries Near Atlas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Atlas.
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 Atlas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Atlas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Highland Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dietz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bird Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crocker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hosey Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Frontenac Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Bridget Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Atlas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Atlas.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Atlas, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Chicopee
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chicopee is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Fleming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fleming is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Weir
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Opolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Frontenac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Midway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Beulah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Scammon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Yale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Waco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waco is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Mindenmines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Medoc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Atlas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atlas.
Newspapers Published in Atlas ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Atlas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Atlas, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Atlas.
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 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 Atlas:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Labette County
- Neosho County
- Barton County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Vernon County
- Ottawa 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Atlas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Atlas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |