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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 Cheyenne Gap (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 Cheyenne Gap. 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 doctors and 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.

Cheyenne Gap is located in Osborne 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 Osborne County: Ellis, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Rooks, Russell & Smith.

Below are the counties that are near Cheyenne Gap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cheyenne Gap:

  • Osborne County     (The home county of Cheyenne Gap)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheyenne Gap, with the one closest to Cheyenne Gap listed first.
    • Osborne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Osborne is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
      • Osborne has also been known as:
      • Peru
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <1>
    • Bloomington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bloomington is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Downs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Natoma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Portis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Portis is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Alton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Alton is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Ellsworth County
    • Wilson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Wilson is located in Ellsworth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheyenne Gap, with the one closest to Cheyenne Gap listed first.
    • Sylvan Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
      • Sylvan Grove has also been known as:
      • Sylvan Grove Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvan Grove <1>
    • Denmark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Denmark is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Lincoln Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mitchell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheyenne Gap, with the one closest to Cheyenne Gap listed first.
    • Tipton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunter
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Blue Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
    • Cawker City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Elder
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheyenne Gap, with the one closest to Cheyenne Gap listed first.
    • Woodston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodston is located in Rooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Woodston has also been known as:
      • Woodston Saw
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodston <1>
    • Codell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Codell is located in Rooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
      • Former name for Codell:
      • Florreyville
  • Russell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheyenne Gap, with the one closest to Cheyenne Gap listed first.
    • Luray
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Luray is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Waldo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Waldo is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Former name for Waldo:
      • Pleasant Run
    • Lucas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Bunker Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Dorrance
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Russell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Balta ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Balta is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
    • Gorham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cheyenne Gap, with the one closest to Cheyenne Gap listed first.
    • Dispatch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Dispatch is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
    • Harlan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Harlan is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cheyenne Gap, see our County-by-County Page for Cheyenne Gap.

Cemeteries Near Cheyenne Gap ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cheyenne Gap.

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 Cheyenne Gap - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cheyenne Gap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cheyenne Gap, with the one closest to Cheyenne Gap listed first.

  • Potterville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cheyenne Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Vincent Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Center Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Luray Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Delhi Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Delhi Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Lucas.
  • Zimmerman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cole Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Elm Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Covert Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bristow Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Bluff Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (94 more) ...
    • Victor Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Amherst Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lucas Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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>

While we didn't find Cheyenne Gap in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cheyenne Gap.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cheyenne Gap, with the one closest to Cheyenne Gap listed first.

  • Cheyenne
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
    • Cheyenne has also been known as:
    • Cheyenne City
  • Vincent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Vincent is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
  • Luray
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Luray is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
  • Covert
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Covert is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
  • Waldo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldo is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • Former name for Waldo:
    • Pleasant Run
  • Lucas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tipton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Corinth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Corinth is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Osborne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Osborne is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
    • Osborne has also been known as:
    • Peru
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <1>
  • Paradise
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Paradise is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
  • Blue Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
  • Bloomington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomington is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sylvan Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
      • Sylvan Grove has also been known as:
      • Sylvan Grove Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvan Grove <1>
    • Victor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Victor is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
    • Downs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cheyenne Gap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cheyenne Gap.

Newspapers Published in Cheyenne Gap ...

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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cheyenne Gap.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cheyenne Gap, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cheyenne Gap.

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 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 Cheyenne Gap:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Cheyenne Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cheyenne Gap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.