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 Bosse (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 Bosse. 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.
Bosse is located in Hodgeman 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 Hodgeman County: Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Lane, Ness & Pawnee.
Below are the counties that are near Bosse. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bosse:
- Hodgeman County (The home county of Bosse)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosse, with the one closest to Bosse listed first.
- Jetmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hanston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hanston is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosse, with the one closest to Bosse listed first.
- Offerle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Offerle is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Ardell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ardell is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
- Kinsley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nettleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Nettleton is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Hodges
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
- Finney County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosse, with the one closest to Bosse listed first.
- Kalvesta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kalvesta is located in Finney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalvesta
- Ravanna ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ravanna is located in Finney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna
- Ford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosse, with the one closest to Bosse listed first.
- Spearville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spearville is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Wright
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wright is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Windhorst
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Windhorst is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windhorst
- Windthorst
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Windthorst is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windthorst
- Dodge City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Dodge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Dodge is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dodge
- Wilroads Gardens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wilroads Gardens is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads Gardens
- Wilroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wilroads is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroads
- Howell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howell is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Gray County
- Wettick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wettick is located in Gray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wettick
- Ness County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosse, with the one closest to Bosse listed first.
- Bazine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bazine is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Ness City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Laird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laird is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Pawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosse, with the one closest to Bosse listed first.
- Burdett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burdett is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Rozel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rozel is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Rush County
- Alexander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bosse, see our County-by-County Page for Bosse.
Cemeteries Near Bosse ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bosse.
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 Bosse - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bosse covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bosse, with the one closest to Bosse listed first.
- Fairmount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairmount Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Jetmore.
- The Fairmount Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jetmore Cemetery
- St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92407 <2>
- Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mennonite Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mennonite Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Hanston.
- The Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanston Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232616 <2>
- St. Anthony Parish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthony Parish Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anthony Parish Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Hanston.
- The St. Anthony Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Anthony Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93578 <2>
- Hanston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silent Land Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Old St. Joseph Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Browns Grove Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kunze Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Continue List (29 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kidderville Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Bosse in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bosse.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bosse, with the one closest to Bosse listed first.
- Jetmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hanston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hanston is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gray is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Spearville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spearville is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
- Bellefont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefont is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefont
- Burdett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burdett is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Offerle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Offerle is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Wright
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wright is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Dodge City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rozel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rozel is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Kalvesta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kalvesta is located in Finney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalvesta
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- South Dodge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Dodge is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dodge
- Kinsley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bazine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bazine is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bosse. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bosse.
Newspapers Published in Bosse ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bosse.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bosse, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bosse.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Bosse:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Hodgeman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edwards County
- Finney County
- Ford County
- Gray County
- Ness County
- Pawnee County
- Rush 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bosse) 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 Bosse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |