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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 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 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 may 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)
    • 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)
    • Beloit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilbert
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
    • Asherville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Asherville is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
    • Scottsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
      • 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)
    • Glasco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Glasco is located in Cloud County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
      • Former names for Glasco:
      • Dell Ray
      • Glasgow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <1>
  • 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)
      • Jewell is located in Jewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Randall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Randall is located in Jewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
      • 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)
      • Denmark is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Barnard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Barnard is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Sylvan Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
      • 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 <1>
    • Lincoln Center
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Milo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Milo is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
    • Quartzite
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Quartzite is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzite
    • Beverly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Beverly is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
      • 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Osborne is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
      • Osborne has also been known as:
      • Peru
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <1>
    • Bloomington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloomington is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Portis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Portis is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Ottawa County
    • Ada
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Ada is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
  • 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)
      • Luray is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Waldo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Waldo is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • 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)
      • Dispatch is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
    • Harlan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Harlan is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan

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

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 Blue Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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)
  • Rose Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Greenwood Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • High Prairie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Excelsior Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Round Springs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Naomi Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Elm Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Patterson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • Spillman Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Bethany Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Honey Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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)
    • Victor is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
  • Tipton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Corinth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Corinth is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Glen Elder
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cawker City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Solomon Rapids
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Solomon Rapids is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Rapids
  • Denmark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Denmark is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
  • Downs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cheyenne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
    • Cheyenne has also been known as:
    • Cheyenne City
  • Beloit
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Barnard is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
    • 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)
      • Vesper is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
    • Osborne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Osborne is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
      • Osborne has also been known as:
      • Peru
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <1>
    • Vincent
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Vincent is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent

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.

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 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:

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>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.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Blue Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.