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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 Dentonia (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 Dentonia. 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 and hospitals 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.

Dentonia is located in Jewell 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 Jewell County: Cloud, Mitchell, Osborne, Republic, Smith, Nuckolls (NE) & Webster (NE).

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

  • Jewell County     (The home county of Dentonia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dentonia, with the one closest to Dentonia listed first.
    • Esbon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Burr Oak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Mankato
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jewell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jewell is located in Jewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Montrose
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Montrose is located in Jewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
      • Former name for Montrose:
      • Delta
    • Randall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Randall is located in Jewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
    • Formoso
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Formoso is located in Jewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Webber
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mitchell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dentonia, with the one closest to Dentonia listed first.
    • Cawker City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Glen Elder
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tipton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Beloit
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
    • Gilbert
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
    • Scottsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Osborne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dentonia, with the one closest to Dentonia listed first.
    • Downs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Portis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Portis is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Osborne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Osborne is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
      • Osborne has also been known as:
      • Peru
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <1>
    • Bloomington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloomington is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Alton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Alton is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dentonia, with the one closest to Dentonia listed first.
    • Dispatch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Dispatch is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
    • Lebanon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellaire
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bellaire is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
    • Harlan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Harlan is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
    • Smith Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Gaylord
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Womer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Womer is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
    • Athol
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Athol is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Cedar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Cedar is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
    • Claudell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Claudell is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claudell
    • Kensington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Kensington is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
  • Webster County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dentonia, with the one closest to Dentonia listed first.
    • Pawnee Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Pawnee Village is located in Webster County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
    • Guide Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Amboy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Amboy is located in Webster County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
    • Red Cloud
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Inavale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Dentonia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dentonia.

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 Dentonia - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Odessa Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • South Oak Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • North Oak Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Ionia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Reformed Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rooker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Elizabeth Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sweet Home Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Twelvemile Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Esbon Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Prairie Home Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (117 more) ...
    • Athens Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Price Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Custer Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Ionia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ionia is located in Jewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
  • Lebanon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Esbon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Otego
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Otego is located in Jewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otego
  • Cawker City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Downs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Bellaire
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellaire is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
  • Portis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Portis is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Glen Elder
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mankato
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Burr Oak
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
  • Harlan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Harlan is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Jewell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jewell is located in Jewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Cora
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cora is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
    • Corinth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Corinth is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth

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

Newspapers Published in Dentonia ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dentonia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dentonia, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dentonia.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Dentonia:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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 Dentonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dentonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.