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 Brewer (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 Brewer. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Brewer is located in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County: Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Lincoln, Mitchell & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Brewer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brewer:
- Ottawa County (The home county of Brewer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Alfmil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alfmil is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfmil
- Minneapolis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ada
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ada is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Lindsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lindsey is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey has also been known as:
- Ayersville
- Tescott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tescott is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Delphos
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Delphos is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Culver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Culver is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Wells
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wells is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Bennington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Ackley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ackley is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackley
- Verdi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Verdi is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Longford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Longford is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Longford has also been known as:
- Longford Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longford <1>
- Oak Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Browndale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Browndale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndale
- Cloud County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Glasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Simpson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Miltonvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Macyville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Macyville is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Huscher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Huscher is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huscher
- Cook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Dickinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Manchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Solomon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Talmage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Talmage is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage
- Ellsworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Terra Cotta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Terra Cotta is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Carneiro ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carneiro is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneiro
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Milo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Beverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Barnard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Quartzite
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Quartzite is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzite
- Lincoln Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Denmark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Asherville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Asherville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Gilbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Beloit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Glendale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Bavaria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bavaria is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bavaria
- Bavaria has also been known as:
- Houch
- New Cambria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Cambria is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Salina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brookville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Phillips Village ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Phillips Village is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Village
- Smolan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Smolan is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smolan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Mentor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mentor is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Kipp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kipp is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipp
- Salemsborg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Salemsborg is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemsborg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brewer, see our County-by-County Page for Brewer.
Cemeteries Near Brewer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brewer.
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 Brewer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brewer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Hills Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Culver Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver Union Cemetery
- The Culver Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Culver Tripp Cemetery
- Baldwin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- The Baldwin Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Creek Cemetery
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Price Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delphos Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Delphos Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Delphos.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92287 <2>
- St. Paul Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (94 more) ...
- Bennington Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beverly Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Brewer had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brewer, with the one closest to Brewer listed first.
- Minneapolis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sumnerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sumnerville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumnerville
- Ada
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ada is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Lindsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lindsey is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey has also been known as:
- Ayersville
- Tescott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tescott is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Culver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Culver is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Delphos
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Delphos is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Milo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Beverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Bennington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wells
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wells is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Shady Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bend
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lamar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Barnard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Shipton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shipton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brewer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brewer.
Newspapers Published in Brewer ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brewer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brewer, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brewer.
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 Brewer:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Ottawa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Cloud County
- Dickinson County
- Ellsworth County
- Lincoln County
- Mitchell County
- Saline 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> | 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 Brewer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brewer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |