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 Blair (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 Blair. 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 Blair ...
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 occur.
Another variation: Blairs.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Blair. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blair.
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.
Blair is located in Doniphan 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 Doniphan County: Atchison, Brown, Andrew (MO), Buchanan (MO), Holt (MO) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Blair. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blair:
- Doniphan County (The home county of Blair)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Palermo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Wathena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Elwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Brenner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Bendena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Fanning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Moray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Doniphan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Sparks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Severance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Atchison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Huron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Port Williams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Oak Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Potter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Cummings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Monrovia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Effingham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Robinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Everest
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Willis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Hiawatha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Horton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Baker ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Jefferson County
- Nortonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Kickapoo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Lowemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Easton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Andrew County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Nodaway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Country Club
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Amazonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Savannah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Cosby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Helena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Helena is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rosendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rea is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Matney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Rushville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- De Kalb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Willow Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Agency
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Faucett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Easton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Clinton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Gower
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gower is located in Clinton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gower <1>
- Starfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- DeKalb County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Clarksdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Union Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Stewartsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Amity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Forbes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Point is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Fortescue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Big Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Bigelow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Mound City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maitland is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Nodaway County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Barnard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Graham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Guilford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Dearborn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Camden Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Edgerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Platte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- West Platte is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Ridgely
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tracy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Richardson County (NE)
- Rulo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blair, see our County-by-County Page for Blair.
Cemeteries Near Blair ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blair.
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 Blair - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blair covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bellemont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tambor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moskau Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Courter - Ritchey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rosendale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Charleston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Elwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Mora Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sunbridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunbridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Saint Joseph (MO).
- The Sunbridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- City Cemetery
- St. Joseph City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216074 <2>
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 in 1895, Blair had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blair, with the one closest to Blair listed first.
- Palermo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Wathena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Elwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Brenner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Nodaway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Bendena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Kenmoor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kenmoor is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmoor
- Saint Joseph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Forbes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Amazonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Fanning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Doniphan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Halls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Halls is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Dean
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dean is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blair. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blair.
Newspapers Published in Blair ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blair.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blair, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blair.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Blair:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Doniphan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Platte County
- Richardson 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blair) 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 Blair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |