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 Bronson (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 Bronson. 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 and doctors 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.
Bronson is located in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County: Allen, Anderson, Crawford, Linn, Neosho & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Bronson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bronson:
- Bourbon County (The home county of Bronson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Uniontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Xenia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Redfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Porterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Devon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Mapleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Marmaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Hollister
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Hiattville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Ronald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Moran
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Bayard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Elsmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Mildred
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mildred is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
- Savonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- La Harpe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gas is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Leanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leanna is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Iola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bassett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bassett is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Carlyle
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carlyle is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyle
- Humboldt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Octagon City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Octagon City is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon City
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Kincaid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Lone Elm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Selma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Colony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Bush City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Welda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Welda is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda
- Mont Ida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mont Ida is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Ida
- Garnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westphalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westphalia is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Hepler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hepler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Walnut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Walnut is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Farlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brazilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brazilton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazilton
- Cato
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cato is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Dry Wood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Greenbush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Englevale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Girard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Gross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gross is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Blue Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Critzer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Mound City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Goodrich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Pleasanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Stark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Odense
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
- Rollin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rollin is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Erie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chanute
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Earlton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Earlton is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Woodson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Piqua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Neosho Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Neosho Falls is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Cookville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cookville is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- North Ridge ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Ridge is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge
- Bates County (MO)
- Hume
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Richards
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Stotesbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bronson, see our County-by-County Page for Bronson.
Cemeteries Near Bronson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bronson.
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 Bronson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bronson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Bronson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ensminger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hatch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gillham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Uniontown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Elsmore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elsmore Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (182 more) ...
- Golden Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bronson had a population of 352 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bronson had a population of 303 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bronson, with the one closest to Bronson listed first.
- Moran
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Uniontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Elsmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Xenia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Bayard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Savonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Redfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Porterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- La Harpe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kincaid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mapleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Blue Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bronson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bronson.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bronson ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bronson.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bronson. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bronson and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bronson.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Bronson.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Bronson:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Bourbon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Anderson County
- Crawford County
- Linn County
- Neosho County
- Woodson County
- Bates County
- Vernon 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 Bronson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Bronson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |