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 Bassett (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 Bassett. 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 and doctors 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.
Bassett is located in Allen 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 Allen County: Anderson, Bourbon, Coffey, Linn, Neosho, Wilson & Woodson.
Below are the counties that are near Bassett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bassett:
- Allen County (The home county of Bassett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Iola
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gas is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- La Harpe
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carlyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carlyle is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyle
- Humboldt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Geneva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Octagon City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Octagon City is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon City
- Petrolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Petrolia is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Moran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Leanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leanna is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Bayard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Mildred
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mildred is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Colony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Lone Elm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Kincaid
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Welda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Welda is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda
- Westphalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westphalia is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Mont Ida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mont Ida is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Ida
- Selma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Central City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Former name for Central City:
- Jerome
- Central City has also been known as:
- Central
- Bush City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Garnett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Glenlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glenlock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlock
- Harris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harris is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Bronson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Porterville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Uniontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Xenia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Mapleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Redfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Coffey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Le Roy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aliceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Aliceville is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceville
- Burlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gridley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gridley is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- New Strawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Walnut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Hepler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hepler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Blue Mound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Chanute
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Odense
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
- Rollin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rollin is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Stark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Earlton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Earlton is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Erie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Thayer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Galesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Galesburg is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- South Ridge ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Ridge is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ridge
- Vilas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vilas is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Buffalo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Rest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rest is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
- Roper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roper is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Benedict
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Guilford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Guilford is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Benedict Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benedict Junction is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict Junction
- Altoona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Altoona is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Coyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coyville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Woodson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Piqua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Neosho Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neosho Falls is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Cookville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cookville is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- North Ridge ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Ridge is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge
- Durand
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Durand is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Hasty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hasty is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Rose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rose is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
- Yates Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Batesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Batesville is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Toronto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bassett, see our County-by-County Page for Bassett.
Cemeteries Near Bassett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bassett.
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 Bassett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bassett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Iola Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Iola.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92690 <2>
- Gas City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fussman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fussman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fussman Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Humboldt.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92516 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Humboldt.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93642 <2>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southeast of Iola.
- The Salem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Twp. Cemetery
- La Harpe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- County Poor Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Evan Young Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Iola Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dewitt 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.<4>
While we didn't find Bassett in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bassett.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Iola
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- La Harpe
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Humboldt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Piqua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Geneva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Neosho Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neosho Falls is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Cookville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cookville is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Colony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Leanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leanna is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Moran
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Bayard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Lone Elm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Chanute
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Odense
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bassett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bassett.
Newspapers Published in Bassett ...
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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bassett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bassett, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bassett.
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 Bassett:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Bourbon County
- Coffey County
- Crawford County
- Linn County
- Neosho County
- Wilson County
- Woodson 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bassett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bassett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |