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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 Dry Wood (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 Dry Wood. 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 Dry Wood ...

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.

Another variation: Drywood.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Dry Wood is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Bourbon, Cherokee, Labette, Neosho, Barton (MO), Jasper (MO) & Vernon (MO).

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

  • Crawford County     (The home county of Dry Wood)
  • Allen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Wood, with the one closest to Dry Wood listed first.
    • Savonburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Savonburg is located in Allen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Elsmore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Moran
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bourbon County
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Wood, with the one closest to Dry Wood listed first.
    • Barrett ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Barrett is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
    • Coal Valley ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
    • Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
    • Weir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Weir is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Scammon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Stone City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Stone City is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
    • Carona
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
    • Roseland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Roseland is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • East Mineral ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • East Mineral is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mineral
    • Mayer ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mayer is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayer
    • West Mineral
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamilton Camp ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hamilton Camp is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Camp
  • Labette County
  • Linn County
  • Neosho County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Wood, with the one closest to Dry Wood listed first.
    • Stark
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Stark is located in Neosho County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Saint Paul
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Erie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Erie is located in Neosho County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <1>
    • Odense
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Barton County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Wood, with the one closest to Dry Wood listed first.
    • Burgess
      (8 miles [12.9 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
      (12 miles [19.3 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
    • Mindenmines
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Irwin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Nashville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Lamar Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lamar Heights is located in Barton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Lamar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Milford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Bates County (MO)
    • Hume
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Jasper County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Wood, with the one closest to Dry Wood listed first.
    • Opolis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Medoc
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Asbury
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Asbury is located in Jasper County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Asbury <1>
    • Waco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Waco is located in Jasper County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Vernon County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Wood, with the one closest to Dry Wood listed first.
    • Bronaugh
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Deerfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Moundville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Richards
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Temple ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Temple is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
    • Sheldon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Milo
      (23 miles [37 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
    • Stotesbury
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
    • Nevada
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Metz
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Horton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Horton is located in Vernon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
    • Bellamy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Dry Wood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dry Wood.

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 Dry Wood - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dry Wood, with the one closest to Dry Wood 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.<3>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Dry Wood ...

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 174 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Wood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dry Wood, 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 Dry Wood.

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 Dry Wood:

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 Dry Wood, 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- Dry Wood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.