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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 Covert (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 Covert. 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 doctors 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.

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

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

  • Osborne County     (The home county of Covert)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
    • Bloomington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
      • Bloomington is located in Osborne County
    • Osborne
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
      • Osborne is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
      • Osborne has also been known as:
      • Peru
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <1>
    • Natoma
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
      • Natoma is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natoma <1>
    • Alton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Alton is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Portis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
      • Portis is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Downs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
    • Turkville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Turkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
      • Turkville is located in Ellis County
    • Emmeram
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmeram
      • Emmeram is located in Ellis County
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
    • Sylvan Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvan Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
      • Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
      • 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Denmark is located in Lincoln County
  • Mitchell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
    • Tipton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hunter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
      • Hunter is located in Mitchell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunter <1>
    • Blue Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
      • Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
    • Cawker City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cawker City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawker City
      • Cawker City is located in Mitchell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cawker City <1>
    • Glen Elder
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
    • Woodston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
      • Woodston is located in Rooks County
      • 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
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
      • Codell is located in Rooks County
      • Former name for Codell:
      • Florreyville
    • Stockton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
      • Stockton is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
      • Former name for Stockton:
      • Stocktown
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <1>
    • Plainville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Russell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
    • Waldo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Waldo is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Former name for Waldo:
      • Pleasant Run
    • Paradise
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
      • Paradise is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Luray
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
      • Luray is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Lucas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Balta ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Balta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
      • Balta is located in Russell County
    • Russell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Bunker Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunker Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
      • Bunker Hill is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunker Hill <1>
    • Gorham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
      • Gorham is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <1>
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Covert, with the one closest to Covert listed first.
    • Harlan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
      • Harlan is located in Smith County
    • Gaylord
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Cedar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
      • Cedar is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
    • Dispatch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
      • Dispatch is located in Smith County
    • Claudell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claudell
      • Claudell is located in Smith County

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

Cemeteries Near Covert ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Covert.

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 Covert covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Covert Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Covert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Covert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cedar Bluff Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Bluff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Bluff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Victor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Victor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Victor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cole Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cole Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cole Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bristow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bristow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bristow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • IXL Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IXL Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IXL Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Vincent Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vincent Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vincent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Potterville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potterville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potterville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Zimmerman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zimmerman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zimmerman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Round Mound Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round Mound Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Round Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grand Center Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (88 more) ...
    • Mt. Ayr Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cheyenne Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cheyenne Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cheyenne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Covert had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Vincent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vincent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
    • Vincent is located in Osborne County
  • Waldo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Waldo is located in Russell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • Former name for Waldo:
    • Pleasant Run
  • Cheyenne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheyenne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
    • Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
    • Cheyenne has also been known as:
    • Cheyenne City
  • Paradise
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Paradise is located in Russell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
  • Osborne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
    • Osborne is located in Osborne County
    • 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
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Bloomington is located in Osborne County
  • Natoma
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Natoma is located in Osborne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natoma <1>
  • Luray
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
    • Luray is located in Russell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
  • Alton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
    • Alton is located in Osborne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Laton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laton
    • Laton is located in Rooks County
  • Corinth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corinth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Corinth is located in Osborne County
  • Tipton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Woodston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
      • Woodston is located in Rooks County
      • 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
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
      • Codell is located in Rooks County
      • Former name for Codell:
      • Florreyville
    • Fairport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
      • Fairport is located in Russell County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Covert ...

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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Covert.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Covert. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Covert and those printed in the larger area surrounding Covert.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5> of Covert.

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 Covert:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Covert. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

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 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.
<3>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.
<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 Covert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Covert) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Covert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2803, Longitude: -98.8109       In this case, the coordinates for Covert have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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