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 Attica (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 Attica. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Attica is located in Harper 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 Harper County: Barber, Kingman, Sumner, Alfalfa (OK) & Grant (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Attica. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Attica:
- Harper County (The home county of Attica)
- The following are listed by their distance from Attica, with the one closest to Attica listed first.
- Crisfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
- Harper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ruella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ruella is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Duquoin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Anthony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waldron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Waldron is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Danville is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Danville has also been known as:
- Coalville
- Runnymede
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Runnymede is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
- Freeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Freeport is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
- Bluff City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Barber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Attica, with the one closest to Attica listed first.
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Former name for Sharon:
- Bible Valley
- Pixley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Hazelton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Gerlane
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gerlane is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerlane
- Medicine Lodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kiowa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kiowa is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Kiowa has also been known as:
- Kiowa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
- Isabel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Stubbs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stubbs is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Mingona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Elm Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Hardtner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Kingman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Attica, with the one closest to Attica listed first.
- Spivey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Zenda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rago
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rago is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Nashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Willowdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Adams
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Alameda
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alameda is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Belmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cunningham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Murdock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Murdock is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
- Pratt County
- Sawyer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Sumner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Attica, with the one closest to Attica listed first.
- Argonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Ewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ewell is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
- Milan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Milan is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Doster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doster is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Alfalfa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Attica, with the one closest to Attica listed first.
- Amorita
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Byron
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Burlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grant County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Attica, with the one closest to Attica listed first.
- Manchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wakita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Creek is located in Grant County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Woods County (OK)
- Capron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Capron is located in Woods County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Attica, see our County-by-County Page for Attica.
Cemeteries Near Attica ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Attica.
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 Attica - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Attica covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Attica, with the one closest to Attica listed first.
- Attica Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Baird Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crisfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Goss Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bonham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duquoin Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Christian Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harper Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (65 more) ...
- Burgess Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Attica had a population of 553 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Attica had a population of 547 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Attica, with the one closest to Attica listed first.
- Crystal Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crystal Springs is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Crisfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Former name for Sharon:
- Bible Valley
- Corwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Corwin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Ruella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ruella is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Harper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Anthony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duquoin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Pixley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Zenda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hazelton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Spivey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rago
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rago is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Nashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Danville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Danville is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Danville has also been known as:
- Coalville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Attica. See our List of 1890's Communities around Attica.
Newspapers Published in Attica ...
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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Attica.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Attica, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Attica.
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 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 Attica:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Harper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barber County
- Kingman County
- Pratt County
- Sumner County
- Alfalfa County
- Grant County
- Woods 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 Attica, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Attica) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |