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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Blocker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Blocker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blocker, please Contact Us.

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 Blocker (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 Blocker. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Blocker is historic, it would have been located within present day Washington County.

To see how the shape of Kansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Republic, Riley, Gage (NE), Jefferson (NE) & Thayer (NE).

Below are the counties that are near Blocker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blocker:

  • Washington County     (The home county of Blocker)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.
    • Morrowville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
      • Morrowville is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Haddam
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haddam have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddam
      • Haddam is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
      • Haddam has also been known as:
      • Haddam City
      • West Haddam
    • Washington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mahaska
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mahaska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahaska
      • Mahaska is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Hollenberg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollenberg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenberg
      • Hollenberg is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
    • Linn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
      • Linn is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <3>
    • Greenleaf
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
      • Greenleaf is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenleaf <3>
    • Hanover
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
      • Hanover is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <3>
    • Palmer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
      • Palmer is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
    • Lanham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
      • Lanham is located in Washington County
    • Clifton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
      • Clifton has also been known as:
      • West Clifton
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <3>
    • Barnes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.
    • Vining
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vining have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
      • Vining is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
    • Oscar ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oscar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
      • Oscar is located in Clay County
    • Morganville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
      • Morganville is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
      • Morganville has also been known as:
      • Morgantown
  • Cloud County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.
    • Clyde
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Clyde is located in Cloud County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <3>
    • Ames
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
      • Ames is located in Cloud County
    • Saint Joseph
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Joseph have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
      • Saint Joseph is located in Cloud County
    • Rice
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
      • Rice is located in Cloud County
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.
    • Bremen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
      • Bremen is located in Marshall County
    • Waterville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alcove Spring ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcove Spring
      • Alcove Spring is located in Marshall County
    • Marysville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Republic County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.
    • Narka
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
      • Narka is located in Republic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Cuba
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Cuba is located in Republic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <3>
    • Agenda
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agenda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
      • Agenda is located in Republic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Munden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munden
      • Munden is located in Republic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
    • Belleville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
      • Belleville is located in Republic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belleville <3>
    • Scandia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandia
      • Scandia is located in Republic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scandia <3>
  • Riley County
    • May Day
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Day
      • May Day is located in Riley County
  • Gage County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.
    • Lanham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
      • Lanham is located in Gage County (NE)
    • Odell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
      • Odell is located in Gage County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <3>
    • Ellis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
      • Ellis is located in Gage County (NE)
  • Jefferson County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.
    • Thompson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
      • Thompson is located in Jefferson County (NE)
    • Reynolds
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Endicott
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Endicott have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endicott
      • Endicott is located in Jefferson County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Endicott <3>
    • Steele City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steele City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele City
      • Steele City is located in Jefferson County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steele City <3>
    • Fairbury
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbury
      • Fairbury is located in Jefferson County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,646 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairbury <3>
    • Jansen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jansen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jansen
      • Jansen is located in Jefferson County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jansen <3>
    • Diller
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diller
      • Diller is located in Jefferson County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diller <3>
    • Powell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in Jefferson County (NE)
    • Harbine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbine
      • Harbine is located in Jefferson County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
  • Thayer County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.
    • Hubbell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hubbell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbell
      • Hubbell is located in Thayer County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hubbell <3>
    • Gilead
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
      • Gilead is located in Thayer County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilead <3>
    • Chester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Alexandria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hebron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Hebron is located in Thayer County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebron <3>
    • Byron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
      • Byron is located in Thayer County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byron <3>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blocker, see our County-by-County Page for Blocker.

Newspapers Published in Blocker ...

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 204 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blocker.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blocker, 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 Blocker.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Blocker:

Cemeteries Near Blocker ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blocker.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blocker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.

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.

While we didn't find Blocker in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blocker.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Blocker, with the one closest to Blocker listed first.

  • Morrowville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
    • Morrowville is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
  • Haddam
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haddam have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddam
    • Haddam is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Haddam has also been known as:
    • Haddam City
    • West Haddam
  • Enosdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enosdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosdale
    • Enosdale is located in Washington County
  • Haworth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haworth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
    • Haworth is located in Republic County
  • Washington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mahaska
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mahaska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahaska
    • Mahaska is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
  • Strawberry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Strawberry is located in Washington County
  • Narka
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
    • Narka is located in Republic County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Cuba
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Cuba is located in Republic County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <3>
  • Brantford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brantford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantford
    • Brantford is located in Washington County
  • Hollenberg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollenberg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenberg
    • Hollenberg is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
  • Thompson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Thompson is located in Jefferson County (NE)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Linn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
      • Linn is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <3>
    • Reynolds
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenleaf
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
      • Greenleaf is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenleaf <3>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blocker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blocker.

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Blocker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blocker) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blocker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8718, Longitude: -97.2142    
<5>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.




 

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