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 Blodgett (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 Blodgett. 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.
Blodgett is located in Greenwood 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 Greenwood County: Butler, Chase, Coffey, Elk, Lyon, Wilson & Woodson.
Below are the counties that are near Blodgett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blodgett:
- Greenwood County (The home county of Blodgett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blodgett, with the one closest to Blodgett listed first.
- Piedmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reece
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Reece is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece
- Severy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Severy is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Climax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Eureka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanpah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ivanpah is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanpah
- Fall River
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lapland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lapland is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
- Neal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Neal is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blodgett, with the one closest to Blodgett listed first.
- Beaumont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keighley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Keighley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
- Latham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wingate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wingate is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Leon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Clay Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Pontiac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pontiac is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Prospect
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Pickrell Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pickrell Corner is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickrell Corner
- Bloomington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Haverhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Haverhill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Cowley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blodgett, with the one closest to Blodgett listed first.
- Glen Crouse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Crouse is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Crouse
- Grand Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grand Summit is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Summit
- Atlanta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Burden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blodgett, with the one closest to Blodgett listed first.
- Fiat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fiat is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Howard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 600 people
- Former name for Howard:
- Howard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <1>
- Grenola
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grenola is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Cave Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cave Springs is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Moline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Busby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Busby is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Longton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Longton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Former name for Longton:
- Elk Rapids
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longton <1>
- Upola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Upola is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upola
- Wilson County
- New Albany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Albany is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Woodson County
- Toronto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blodgett, see our County-by-County Page for Blodgett.
Cemeteries Near Blodgett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blodgett.
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 Blodgett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blodgett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blodgett, with the one closest to Blodgett listed first.
- Beaumont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Butts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clear Cut Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Walnut Glencoe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reece Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Latham Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cresco Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (88 more) ...
- South Lawn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Twin Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brownlow Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brownlow Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the southeast of Leon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92089 <3>
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 Blodgett in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blodgett.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blodgett, with the one closest to Blodgett listed first.
- Beaumont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Piedmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keighley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Keighley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
- Latham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reece
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Reece is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece
- Severy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Severy is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Climax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Howard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 600 people
- Former name for Howard:
- Howard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <1>
- Fiat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fiat is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Rosalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wingate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wingate is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Eureka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Grenola
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grenola is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blodgett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blodgett.
Newspapers Published in Blodgett ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blodgett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blodgett, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blodgett.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Blodgett:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Greenwood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Cowley County
- Elk 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blodgett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Blodgett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |