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 Drexel Corner (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 Drexel Corner. 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 Drexel Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Drexel Corner: Drexel Cor. (or less commonly used: Drexel Crn.)
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Drexel Corner is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Anderson, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Linn, Bates (MO) & Cass (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Drexel Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Drexel Corner:
- Miami County (The home county of Drexel Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- New Lancaster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Jingo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Block
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Fontana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Louisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <1>
- Somerset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chiles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Chiles is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Osawatomie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Wea
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wea is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Bucyrus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Stanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- Greeley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Scipio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Scipio is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- Lane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Rantoul
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Imes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Peoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Wellsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Le Loup
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Le Loup is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Loup
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- Spring Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
- Spring Hill has also been known as:
- Spring Hill Station
- Springfield
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <1>
- Stilwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Clare
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Edgerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olathe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Overland Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- Linn Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- La Cygne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boicourt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Cadmus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Parker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Pleasanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Goodrich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Critzer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Prescott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Bates County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- Drexel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merwin is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Amsterdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burdett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burdett is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Amoret
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Amoret is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Adrian
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Worland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Worland is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Passaic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Passaic is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Nyhart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nyhart is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyhart
- Butler
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Foster
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Foster is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- New Home
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Home is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Hume
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Cass County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- Main City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Main City is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
- West Line
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Line is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Freeman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cleveland is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Lake Annette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Annette is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Archie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Austin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Peculiar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Estates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Harrisonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrelson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Belton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coleman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Jackson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- Belvidere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Martin City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Grandview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Santa Fe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Drexel Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Drexel Corner.
Cemeteries Near Drexel Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drexel Corner.
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 Drexel Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Drexel Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- Rockville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Lancaster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Miami Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jingo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Settle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frank Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Point Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Merwin (MO).
- The West Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amsterdam Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32222 <2>
- Sharon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Block Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ninety Six Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Herman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wilson - Raymer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cashman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Drexel Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Drexel Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Drexel Corner, with the one closest to Drexel Corner listed first.
- New Lancaster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Drexel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jingo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Merwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merwin is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Lisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lisle is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
- Block
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Fontana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Amsterdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- La Cygne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Louisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <1>
- Burdett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burdett is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Main City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Main City is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Somerset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Line
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Line is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Paola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drexel Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drexel Corner.
Newspapers Published in Drexel Corner ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drexel Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drexel Corner, 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 Drexel Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Drexel Corner:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Franklin County
- Johnson County
- Linn County
- Bates County
- Cass County
- Jackson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Drexel Corner) 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 Drexel Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |