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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 Blue Hill (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 Blue Hill. 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 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.

Blue Hill is located in Mitchell 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 Mitchell County: Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Osborne, Ottawa & Smith.

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

  • Mitchell County     (The home county of Blue Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Hill, with the one closest to Blue Hill listed first.
    • Hunter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
      • Hunter is located in Mitchell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunter <2>
    • Tipton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Glen Elder
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Cawker City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cawker City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawker City
      • Cawker City is located in Mitchell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cawker City <2>
    • Beloit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beloit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
      • Beloit is located in Mitchell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,564 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beloit <2>
    • Gilbert
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
      • Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
    • Asherville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
      • Asherville is located in Mitchell County
    • Scottsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
      • Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Cloud County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Hill, with the one closest to Blue Hill listed first.
    • Simpson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simpson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
      • Simpson is located in Cloud County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simpson <2>
    • Glasco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
      • Glasco is located in Cloud County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
      • Former names for Glasco:
      • Dell Ray
      • Glasgow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <2>
  • Jewell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Hill, with the one closest to Blue Hill listed first.
    • Jewell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
      • Jewell is located in Jewell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Randall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
      • Randall is located in Jewell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Hill, with the one closest to Blue Hill listed first.
    • Denmark
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Denmark is located in Lincoln County
    • Barnard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
      • Barnard is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Sylvan Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvan Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
      • Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
      • Sylvan Grove has also been known as:
      • Sylvan Grove Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvan Grove <2>
    • Lincoln Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
      • Lincoln Center is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,189 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln Center <2>
    • Quartzite
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzite
      • Quartzite is located in Lincoln County
    • Beverly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
      • Beverly is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
  • Osborne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Hill, with the one closest to Blue Hill listed first.
    • Downs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Osborne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osborne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
      • Osborne is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
      • Osborne has also been known as:
      • Peru
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <2>
    • Bloomington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
      • Bloomington is located in Osborne County
    • Portis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
      • Portis is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Ottawa County
    • Ada
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
      • Ada is located in Ottawa County
  • Russell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Hill, with the one closest to Blue Hill listed first.
    • Lucas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Luray
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
      • Luray is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Waldo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Waldo is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Former name for Waldo:
      • Pleasant Run
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Hill, with the one closest to Blue Hill listed first.
    • Dispatch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
      • Dispatch is located in Smith County
    • Harlan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
      • Harlan is located in Smith County

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

Newspapers Published in Blue Hill ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Hill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Hill.

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 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 Blue Hill:

Cemeteries Near Blue Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Hill.

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 Blue Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Rose Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Valley Cemetery
  • Greenwood Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Union Cemetery
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
  • High Prairie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the High Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the High Prairie Cemetery
  • Excelsior Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Excelsior Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Excelsior Cemetery
  • Round Springs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Round Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round Springs Cemetery
  • Naomi Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Naomi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Naomi Cemetery
  • Elm Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
  • Patterson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patterson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patterson Cemetery
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Cemetery
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • Spillman Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spillman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spillman Cemetery
    • Bethany Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
    • Honey Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Honey Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honey Creek Cemetery

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 Blue Hill had a population of 15 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Victor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
    • Victor is located in Mitchell County
  • Tipton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Corinth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Corinth is located in Osborne County
  • Glen Elder
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cawker City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cawker City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawker City
    • Cawker City is located in Mitchell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cawker City <2>
  • Solomon Rapids
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solomon Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Rapids
    • Solomon Rapids is located in Mitchell County
  • Denmark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Denmark is located in Lincoln County
  • Downs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cheyenne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheyenne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
    • Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
    • Cheyenne has also been known as:
    • Cheyenne City
  • Beloit
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beloit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
    • Beloit is located in Mitchell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,564 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beloit <2>
  • Barnard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
    • Barnard is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
  • Lucas
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Vesper
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vesper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
      • Vesper is located in Lincoln County
    • Vincent
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vincent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
      • Vincent is located in Osborne County
    • Sylvan Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvan Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
      • Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
      • Sylvan Grove has also been known as:
      • Sylvan Grove Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvan Grove <2>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blue Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Blue Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3070, Longitude: -98.3637       In this case, the coordinates for Blue Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Blue Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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