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 Byers (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 Byers. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Byers is located in Pratt 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 Pratt County: Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kingman, Kiowa, Reno & Stafford.
Below are the counties that are near Byers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Byers:
- Pratt County (The home county of Byers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Iuka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Cullison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Natrona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Pratt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Preston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Coats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Cairo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Sawyer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Barber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Elm Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Sun City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Isabel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Trousdale ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Trousdale is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Belpre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belpre is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Fellsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fellsburg is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsburg
- Centerview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Centerview is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Lewis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Williams ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Williams is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Hodges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hodges is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
- Nettleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nettleton is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Kingman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Cunningham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Penalosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Kiowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Wellsford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsford is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsford
- Haviland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brenham ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brenham is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
- Belvidere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belvidere is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Greensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Ray ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ray is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Garfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Larned
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Turon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Turon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Former name for Turon:
- Pioneer City
- Sylvia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvia is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Sylvia has also been known as:
- Anderson's Farm
- Jordan Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Langdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Langdon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Stafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Macksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint John
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stafford is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
- Stafford has also been known as:
- Stafford Center
- Stafford City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stafford <1>
- Neola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Radium
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Radium is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Seward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Seward is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Byers, see our County-by-County Page for Byers.
Cemeteries Near Byers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Byers.
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 Byers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Byers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Byers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plains Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Neelands Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Iuka Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rose Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sunset Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Green lawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Farmington Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (59 more) ...
- Township Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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>
While we didn't find Byers in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Byers.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Byers, with the one closest to Byers listed first.
- Iuka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Cullison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Pratt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Natrona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Dillwyn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dillwyn is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillwyn
- Macksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wellsford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsford is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsford
- Saint John
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belpre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belpre is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Haviland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Preston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Fellsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fellsburg is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Stafford is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
- Stafford has also been known as:
- Stafford Center
- Stafford City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stafford <1>
- Springvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Springvale is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Springvale has also been known as:
- Springdale
- Coats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Byers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Byers.
Newspapers Published in Byers ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Byers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Byers, 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 Byers.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Byers:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Pratt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barber County
- Edwards County
- Kingman County
- Kiowa County
- Pawnee County
- Reno County
- Stafford 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 Byers, 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- Byers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |