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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Devon (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 Devon. 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 hospitals and 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.

Devon is located in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County: Allen, Anderson, Crawford, Linn, Neosho & Vernon (MO).

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

  • Bourbon County     (The home county of Devon)
  • Allen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Devon, with the one closest to Devon listed first.
    • Bayard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Moran
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Elsmore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mildred
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Mildred is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
      • Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
    • Savonburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Savonburg is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • La Harpe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Gas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Gas is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gas
      • From Devon to Gas
    • Leanna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Devon, with the one closest to Devon listed first.
    • Kincaid
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kincaid is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Selma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Elm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bush City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bush City is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
    • Welda
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Crawford County
  • Linn County
  • Neosho County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Devon, with the one closest to Devon listed first.
    • Stark
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Stark is located in Neosho County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Odense
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Barton County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Devon, with the one closest to Devon listed first.
    • Burgess
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Burgess is located in Barton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
      • Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
    • Liberal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
  • Bates County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Devon, with the one closest to Devon listed first.
    • Hume
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Worland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Foster
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • New Home
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Amoret
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rich Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Nyhart
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Vernon County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Devon, with the one closest to Devon listed first.
    • Richards
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Stotesbury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
    • Deerfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Temple ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Temple is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
    • Metz
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Moundville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Horton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Horton is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
    • Bronaugh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Nevada
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Milo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Milo is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people

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

Cemeteries Near Devon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Devon.

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

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

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

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>

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

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

  • Harding
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Harding is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Berlin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Redfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marmaton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hammond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mapleton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Scott
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fulton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Uniontown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
  • Ronald
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Barnesville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Xenia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Godfrey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bronson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hiattville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville

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

Newspapers Published in Devon ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Devon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Devon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Devon.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Devon:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Devon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Devon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.