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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Cravensville during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Cravensville was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Cravensville (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 Cravensville. 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 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.

Cravensville is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Crawford, Labette, Jasper (MO), Newton (MO), Craig (OK) & Ottawa (OK).

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

  • Cherokee County     (The home county of Cravensville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cravensville, with the one closest to Cravensville listed first.
    • Treece
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Treece have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treece
      • Treece is located in Cherokee County
      • Estimated population in 2012: 136 people
    • Keelville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keelville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelville
      • Keelville is located in Cherokee County
    • Baxter Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxter Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
      • Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County
    • Neutral
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neutral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neutral
      • Neutral is located in Cherokee County
      • Neutral has also been known as:
      • Neutral City
    • Baxter Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mill Rose
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Rose have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rose
      • Mill Rose is located in Cherokee County
    • Lowell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
      • Lowell is located in Cherokee County
      • Lowell has also been known as:
      • Lowell Station
    • Riverton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Quaker
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
      • Quaker is located in Cherokee County
    • Columbus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Faulkner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faulkner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
      • Faulkner is located in Cherokee County
    • Empire City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
      • Empire City is located in Cherokee County
    • Galena
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cravensville, with the one closest to Cravensville listed first.
    • Cherokee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Klendike
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
      • Klendike is located in Crawford County
    • Monmouth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
      • Monmouth is located in Crawford County
    • Kirkwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
      • Kirkwood is located in Crawford County
    • Opolis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
      • Opolis is located in Crawford County
    • McCune
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pittsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Beulah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
      • Beulah is located in Crawford County
    • Lone Oak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
      • Lone Oak is located in Crawford County
    • Capaldo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
      • Capaldo is located in Crawford County
    • Frontenac
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontenac have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontenac
      • Frontenac is located in Crawford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,392 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frontenac <3>
  • Labette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cravensville, with the one closest to Cravensville listed first.
    • Chetopa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Oswego
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bartlett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bartlett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
      • Bartlett is located in Labette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Labette
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Labette have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labette
      • Labette is located in Labette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Labette has also been known as:
      • Labette City
    • Strauss
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
      • Strauss is located in Labette County
    • Altamont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Edna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
      • Edna is located in Labette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <3>
  • Barton County (MO)
    • Nashville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Barton County (MO)
  • Jasper County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cravensville, with the one closest to Cravensville listed first.
    • Central City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
      • Central City is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Klondike
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
      • Klondike is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Iron Gates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Gates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
      • Iron Gates is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Smithfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
      • Smithfield is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Dupont ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dupont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
      • Dupont is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Thoms
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thoms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
      • Thoms is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Joplin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
      • Joplin is located in Jasper County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joplin <3>
    • Lone Elm
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
      • Lone Elm is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Carl Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carl Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl Junction
      • Carl Junction is located in Jasper County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carl Junction <3>
    • Airport Drive
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Drive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
      • Airport Drive is located in Jasper County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
    • East Joplin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
      • East Joplin is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Rex City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rex City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex City
      • Rex City is located in Jasper County (MO)
    • Waco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Waco is located in Jasper County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • McDonald County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cravensville, with the one closest to Cravensville listed first.
    • May
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
      • May is located in McDonald County (MO)
    • Tiff City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiff City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
      • Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
  • Newton County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cravensville, with the one closest to Cravensville listed first.
    • Loma Linda
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma Linda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
      • Loma Linda is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
    • Grand Falls Plaza
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Falls Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
      • Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Shoal Creek Drive
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoal Creek Drive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
      • Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Spring City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
      • Spring City is located in Newton County (MO)
    • Cliff Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cliff Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
      • Cliff Village is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Dennis Acres
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennis Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
      • Dennis Acres is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Redings Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redings Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
      • Redings Mill is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Seneca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
      • Seneca is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,394 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <3>
    • Leawood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leawood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
      • Leawood is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Shoal Creek Estates
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoal Creek Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
      • Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Racine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Racine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
      • Racine is located in Newton County (MO)
    • Saginaw
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saginaw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
      • Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Silver Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
      • Silver Creek is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
  • Craig County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cravensville, with the one closest to Cravensville listed first.
    • Welch
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
      • Welch is located in Craig County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welch <3>
    • Bluejacket
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
      • Hollow is located in Craig County (OK)
  • Delaware County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cravensville, with the one closest to Cravensville listed first.
    • Copeland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copeland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
      • Copeland is located in Delaware County (OK)
    • Bernice
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
      • Bernice is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bernice <3>
    • Cayuga
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
      • Cayuga is located in Delaware County (OK)
    • Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
      • Grove is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,184 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove <3>
  • Ottawa County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cravensville, with the one closest to Cravensville listed first.
    • Cardin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cardin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardin
      • Cardin is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Estimated population in 2011: 3 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cardin <3>
    • Picher ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hockerville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
      • Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
    • Quapaw
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quapaw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quapaw
      • Quapaw is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 871 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quapaw <3>
    • Commerce
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Commerce have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
      • Commerce is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,491 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Commerce <3>
    • North Miami
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Miami have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
      • North Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
    • Lincolnville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
    • Miami
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
      • Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,947 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <3>
    • Dotyville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dotyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
      • Dotyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
    • Ottawa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
      • Ottawa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
    • Peoria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peoria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
      • Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Narcissa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narcissa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcissa
      • Narcissa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
    • Wyandotte
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyandotte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
      • Wyandotte is located in Ottawa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyandotte <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Cravensville ...

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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cravensville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cravensville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cravensville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cravensville:

Cemeteries Near Cravensville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cravensville.

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

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

  • Green lawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green lawn Cemetery
  • Beasley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beasley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beasley Cemetery
  • Baxter Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ferris Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ferris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferris Cemetery
  • Dockery Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dockery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dockery Cemetery
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
  • Usrey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Usrey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Usrey Cemetery
  • Old Indian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Indian Cemetery
  • Moore Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
  • Indian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
  • Lowell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lowell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lowell Cemetery
  • Quaker Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Valley Cemetery
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    • Brush Creek Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brush Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brush Creek Cemetery
    • Johnson Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Family Cemetery
    • GAR Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the GAR Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Miami (OK).
      • The GAR Cemetery has also been known as:
      • GAR Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the GAR Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98534 <6>

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.<7>

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

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

  • Keelville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keelville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelville
    • Keelville is located in Cherokee County
  • Neutral
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neutral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neutral
    • Neutral is located in Cherokee County
    • Neutral has also been known as:
    • Neutral City
  • Baxter Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mill Rose
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Rose have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rose
    • Mill Rose is located in Cherokee County
  • Lowell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Lowell is located in Cherokee County
    • Lowell has also been known as:
    • Lowell Station
  • Columbus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Faulkner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faulkner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
    • Faulkner is located in Cherokee County
  • Galena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Empire City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
    • Empire City is located in Cherokee County
  • Sherwin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwin
    • Sherwin is located in Cherokee County
  • Crestline
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
    • Crestline is located in Cherokee County
  • Hallowell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallowell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallowell
    • Hallowell is located in Cherokee County
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    • Chetopa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hornet
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hornet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
      • Hornet is located in Newton County (MO)
    • Smithfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
      • Smithfield is located in Jasper County (MO)

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Cravensville and then turned west". While Cravensville could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Cravensville as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cravensville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Kansas community named Cravensville.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cravensville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cravensville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0320, Longitude: -94.8447       In this case, the coordinates for Cravensville 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.
<7>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 Cravensville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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