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 Cato (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 Cato. 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.
Cato is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Bourbon, Cherokee, Labette, Neosho, Barton (MO), Jasper (MO) & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Cato. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cato:
- Crawford County (The home county of Cato)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Dry Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Englevale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Farlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Gross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gross is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Arma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Edison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edison is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Mulberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ringo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ringo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringo
- Fox Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Savonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Elsmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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
- Moran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Pawnee Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Godfrey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Garland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Edward
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Hiattville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Hollister
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Ronald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Fort Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Marmaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Redfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Uniontown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Stone City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stone City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Carona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- Roseland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Scammon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Mineral ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Mineral is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mineral
- Mayer ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mayer is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayer
- West Mineral
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Camp ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Camp is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Camp
- Labette County
- Strauss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strauss is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
- Linn County
- Prescott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Stark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Saint Paul
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Erie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Odense
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
- Barton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Burgess
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burgess is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Liberal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mindenmines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Irwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Oakton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakton is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Lamar Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bates County (MO)
- Hume
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Jasper County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Opolis
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Medoc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Asbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Bronaugh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Deerfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Moundville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richards
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Temple ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Temple is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Nevada
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stotesbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Milo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Milo is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Sheldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Metz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Metz is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Horton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Bellamy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cato, see our County-by-County Page for Cato.
Cemeteries Near Cato ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cato.
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 Cato - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cato covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McGonigle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fowler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Howard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Endicott - Spence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tweedy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farlington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Englevale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Sheffield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- Old Arcadia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Cato had a population of 208 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cato, with the one closest to Cato listed first.
- Dry Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Pawnee Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Farlington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Englevale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Coalvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Arcadia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Godfrey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Garland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Arma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hiattville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Ronald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Mulberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Girard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marmaton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Fort Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cato. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cato.
Newspapers Published in Cato ...
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 175 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cato.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cato, 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 Cato.
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 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 Cato:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Labette County
- Linn County
- Neosho County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Jasper 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 Cato, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cato) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |