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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Cleveland. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cleveland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cleveland, please Contact Us.
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 Cleveland (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 Cleveland. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Cleveland is historic, it would have been located within present day Kingman County.
To see how the shape of Kansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kingman County: Barber, Harper, Pratt, Reno, Sedgwick & Sumner.
Below are the counties that are near Cleveland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cleveland:
- Kingman County (The home county of Cleveland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
- Kingman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman
- Kingman is located in Kingman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,765 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingman <2>
- Spivey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Rago
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Belmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Belmont is located in Kingman County
- Willowdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Adams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Zenda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zenda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Zenda is located in Kingman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zenda <2>
- Murdock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Penalosa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Norwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Norwich is located in Kingman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwich <2>
- Nashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Cunningham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Barber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
- Isabel
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Sharon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Pixley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Medicine Lodge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lodge
- Medicine Lodge is located in Barber County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lodge <2>
- Harper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
- Duquoin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Runnymede
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Harper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Harper is located in Harper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harper <2>
- Attica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attica have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Attica is located in Harper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <2>
- Danville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Danville is located in Harper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Danville has also been known as:
- Coalville
- Anthony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Anthony is located in Harper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anthony <2>
- Crisfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Freeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Harper County
- Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
- Pratt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
- Cairo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Preston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Sawyer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
- Pretty Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Prairie
- Pretty Prairie is located in Reno County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pretty Prairie <2>
- Lerado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Jordan Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Reno County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <2>
- Castleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Langdon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Langdon is located in Reno County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Turon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Saint Joe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Darlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Darlow is located in Reno County
- Partridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Partridge is located in Reno County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Abbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Cruppers Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruppers Corner
- Cruppers Corner is located in Reno County
- Sedgwick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
- Cheney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheney
- Cheney is located in Sedgwick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,173 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheney <2>
- Anness
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Garden Plain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain
- Garden Plain is located in Sedgwick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Viola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Viola is located in Sedgwick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Viola <2>
- Stafford County
- Sumner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
- Milton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Argonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonia
- Argonia is located in Sumner County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argonia <2>
- Ewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Conway Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Springs
- Conway Springs is located in Sumner County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway Springs <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cleveland, see our County-by-County Page for Cleveland.
Newspapers Published in Cleveland ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cleveland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cleveland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cleveland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Cleveland:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Kansas Historical Society
- Pages specific to Kingman County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barber County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Harper County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pratt County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Reno County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sedgwick County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Stafford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sumner County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Barber County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Kansas
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Kansas
- Cemeteries of Kingman County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Kansas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Kansas
- Cemeteries of Kingman County
Cemeteries Near Cleveland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cleveland.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cleveland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
- Cleveland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cleveland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cleveland Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunt Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
- Rago Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rago Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rago Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Hill Cemetery
- Nichols Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nichols Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nichols Cemetery
- Hoosier Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoosier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoosier Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Murdock Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murdock Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93167 <6>
- Duquoin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duquoin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92321 <6>
- Schooley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schooley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93749 <6>
- Continue List (85 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillsdale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92701 <6>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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.
Cleveland itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cleveland, with the one closest to Cleveland listed first.
- Alameda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Kingman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman
- Kingman is located in Kingman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,765 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingman <2>
- Spivey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Rago
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Belmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Belmont is located in Kingman County
- Zenda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zenda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Zenda is located in Kingman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zenda <2>
- Calista ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Murdock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Duquoin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Waterloo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Penalosa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Pretty Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Prairie
- Pretty Prairie is located in Reno County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pretty Prairie <2>
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Nashville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Runnymede
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Norwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Norwich is located in Kingman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwich <2>
- Nashville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cleveland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cleveland.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cleveland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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- Cleveland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cleveland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5517, Longitude: -98.1337 In this case, the coordinates for Cleveland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |