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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Coursens Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Coursens Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Coursens Grove, 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 Coursens Grove (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 Coursens Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Coursens Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Coursens Grove: Coursens Grv.
- While the name of this community is Coursens Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Coursens Grove may originally have been Coursen's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Coursens Grove might be written as Coursen Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Coursens Grove is historic, it would have been located within present day Mitchell 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 Mitchell County: Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Osborne, Ottawa & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Coursens Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coursens Grove:
- Mitchell County (The home county of Coursens Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coursens Grove, with the one closest to Coursens Grove listed first.
- Asherville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Asherville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Gilbert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Beloit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scottsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Blue Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
- Glen Elder
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tipton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cawker City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cloud County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coursens Grove, with the one closest to Coursens Grove listed first.
- Simpson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Glasco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glasco is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
- Former names for Glasco:
- Dell Ray
- Glasgow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <3>
- Macyville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Macyville is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Yuma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yuma is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
- Oneonta ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oneonta is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Concordia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cook is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Huscher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huscher is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huscher
- Miltonvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rice is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Jewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coursens Grove, with the one closest to Coursens Grove listed first.
- Randall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Jewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jewell is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coursens Grove, with the one closest to Coursens Grove listed first.
- Milo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Milo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Barnard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Beverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Beverly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Quartzite
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Quartzite is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzite
- Lincoln Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Sylvan Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <3>
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coursens Grove, with the one closest to Coursens Grove listed first.
- Ada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ada is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Delphos
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Delphos is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Brewer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brewer is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Alfmil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alfmil is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfmil
- Minneapolis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tescott
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tescott is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Lindsey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsey is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey has also been known as:
- Ayersville
- Lamar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lamar is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Culver
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Culver is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Wells
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wells is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Bennington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ackley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ackley is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackley
- Republic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coursens Grove, with the one closest to Coursens Grove listed first.
- Kackley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kackley is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kackley
- Norway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Norway is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Saline County
- Glendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coursens Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Coursens Grove.
Cemeteries Near Coursens Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coursens Grove.
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 Coursens Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coursens Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coursens Grove, with the one closest to Coursens Grove listed first.
- Coursen Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Milo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- The Baldwin Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Creek Cemetery
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saltville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the northeast of Ada.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92421 <5>
- Continue List (111 more) ...
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glasco Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Asherville 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.
While we didn't find Coursens Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coursens Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coursens Grove, with the one closest to Coursens Grove listed first.
- Milo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Milo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Barnard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Simpson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ada
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ada is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Asherville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Asherville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Glasco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glasco is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
- Former names for Glasco:
- Dell Ray
- Glasgow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <3>
- Delphos
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Delphos is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Sumnerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sumnerville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumnerville
- Gilbert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Brewer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brewer is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Beloit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Macyville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Macyville is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Victor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Victor is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Minneapolis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coursens Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coursens Grove.
Newspapers Published in Coursens Grove ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coursens Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coursens Grove, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coursens Grove.
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 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 Coursens Grove:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Mitchell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cloud County
- Jewell County
- Lincoln County
- Ottawa County
- Republic County
- Saline County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
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 Coursens Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coursens Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |