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 Bush City (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 Bush City. 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.
Bush City is located in Anderson 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 Anderson County: Allen, Bourbon, Coffey, Franklin, Linn, Miami & Woodson.
Below are the counties that are near Bush City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bush City:
- Anderson County (The home county of Bush City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Selma
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Garnett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kincaid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Welda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Welda is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda
- Greeley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lone Elm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Scipio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Scipio is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Glenlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenlock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlock
- Mont Ida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mont Ida is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Ida
- Central City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Central City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Former name for Central City:
- Jerome
- Central City has also been known as:
- Central
- Colony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Harris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Westphalia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Westphalia is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Mildred
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mildred is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
- Bayard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Moran
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Carlyle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carlyle is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyle
- La Harpe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gas is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Iola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Elsmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Xenia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Mapleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Bronson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Devon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Redfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Hammond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Coffey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Aliceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aliceville is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceville
- Agricola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Agricola is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Le Roy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Halls Summit is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Summit
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Richmond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rantoul
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Homewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Homewood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- B N Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- B N Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B N Junction
- Imes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Peoria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Ransomville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ransomville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Williamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ottawa Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ottawa Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Junction
- Richter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richter is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richter
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Goodrich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Blue Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Critzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Cadmus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Mound City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- La Cygne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boicourt
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Pleasanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Prescott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Linn Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Fontana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Osawatomie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Block
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Jingo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- New Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Paola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Neosho Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neosho Falls is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Piqua
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bates County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Amoret
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Amoret is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Worland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Worland is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bush City, see our County-by-County Page for Bush City.
Cemeteries Near Bush City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bush City.
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 Bush City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bush City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Morris Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Horn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Judy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Garnett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Welda Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Welda Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Welda.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94037 <2>
- Kincaid Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Centerville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sutton Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hyatt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (191 more) ...
- Lone Elm Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodrich Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bush City had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bush City, with the one closest to Bush City listed first.
- Selma
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Garnett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Welda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Welda is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda
- Kincaid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Goodrich
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Lone Elm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Greeley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Scipio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Scipio is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Blue Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Glenlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenlock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlock
- Mont Ida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mont Ida is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Ida
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Critzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Central City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Central City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Former name for Central City:
- Jerome
- Central City has also been known as:
- Central
- Richmond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bush City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bush City.
Newspapers Published in Bush City ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bush City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bush City, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bush City.
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 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 Bush City:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Anderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Bourbon County
- Coffey County
- Franklin County
- Linn County
- Miami County
- Woodson County
- Bates 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 Bush City, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bush City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |