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 Burns (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 Burns. 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 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.
Burns is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Harvey, McPherson, Morris & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Burns. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burns:
- Marion County (The home county of Burns)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peabody
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peabody is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Former name for Peabody:
- Coneburgh
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peabody <1>
- Oursler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oursler is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oursler
- Aulne ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aulne is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulne
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Canada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canada is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada
- Eastshore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eastshore is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastshore
- Antelope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Antelope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pilsen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pilsen is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Goessel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goessel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goessel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Lincolnville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lincolnville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- De Graff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- De Graff is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
- Potwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Potwin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Hopkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hopkins is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
- Aikman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aikman is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikman
- Elbing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Elbing is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Cassoday
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chelsea ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Brainerd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brainerd is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
- Whitewater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- El Dorado
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Midian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Midian is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midian
- Pontiac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pontiac is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Chase County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- Wonsevu
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wonsevu is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonsevu
- Cedar Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Point is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Clements
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clements is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Matfield Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bazaar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bazaar is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazaar
- Elmdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Neva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Neva is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva
- Neva has also been known as:
- Neva Station
- Cottonwood Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockland is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Gladstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Strong City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Strong City is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Strong City has also been known as:
- Strong
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strong City <1>
- Hymer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hymer is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymer
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- Ivanpah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ivanpah is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanpah
- Lapland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lapland is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
- Harvey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- Annelly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Annelly is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annelly
- Walton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McLains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- McLains is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLains
- Newton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Newton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McGraw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McGraw is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
- Zimmerdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Zimmerdale is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerdale
- Putnam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Putnam is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Hesston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Van Arsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Van Arsdale is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Arsdale
- Sedgwick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burns, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- Greenwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Kechi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bel Aire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Park City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burns, see our County-by-County Page for Burns.
Cemeteries Near Burns ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burns.
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 Burns - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burns covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burns, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- Ebenezer Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Twp. Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast of Florence.
- The Cedar Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wonsevu Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94097 <3>
- Griffith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holderman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allison Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Point Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (106 more) ...
- Potwin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cassoday Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Drinkwater Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Burns had a population of 250 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Burns had a population of 204 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burns, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- De Graff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- De Graff is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
- Wonsevu
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wonsevu is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonsevu
- Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Potwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Potwin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Cedar Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Point is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Peabody
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peabody is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Former name for Peabody:
- Coneburgh
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peabody <1>
- Brainerd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brainerd is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
- Chelsea ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Oursler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oursler is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oursler
- Whitewater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clements
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clements is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Aulne ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aulne is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulne
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Annelly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Annelly is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annelly
- El Dorado
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Matfield Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burns. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burns.
Newspapers Published in Burns ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burns.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burns, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burns.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Burns:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Chase County
- Greenwood County
- Harvey County
- Sedgwick 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burns) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Burns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |