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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 Dwight (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 Dwight. 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 doctors and 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.

Dwight is located in Morris 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 Morris County: Chase, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Marion & Wabaunsee.

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

  • Morris County     (The home county of Dwight)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwight, with the one closest to Dwight listed first.
    • Parkerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkerville is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
    • Downing ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Downing is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
    • Kelso
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • White City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Skiddy ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Skiddy is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skiddy
    • Council Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Helmick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Wilsey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Latimer
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Delavan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Diamond Springs ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Dunlap
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dunlap is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
  • Chase County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwight, with the one closest to Dwight listed first.
    • Hymer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rockland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Neva
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Dickinson County
  • Geary County
  • Lyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwight, with the one closest to Dwight listed first.
    • Agnes City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Agnes City is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes City
    • Bushong
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bushong is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushong
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
    • Allen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Allen is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • Americus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Admire
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwight, with the one closest to Dwight listed first.
    • Lost Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ramona is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
      • Ramona has also been known as:
      • Ramona Station
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ramona
      • From Dwight to Ramona
  • Pottawatomie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwight, with the one closest to Dwight listed first.
    • Saint George
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Wamego
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wamego is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamego
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamego <1>
  • Riley County
  • Wabaunsee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dwight, with the one closest to Dwight listed first.
    • Alta Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Alma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Alma is located in Wabaunsee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 776 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
    • McFarland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • McFarland is located in Wabaunsee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Eskridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Paxico
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vera
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Dwight ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dwight.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dwight, with the one closest to Dwight 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dwight had a population of 207 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Dwight had a population of 255 people.

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

  • Alta Vista
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Parkerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkerville is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
  • Downing ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Downing is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
  • Kelso
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • White City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Skiddy ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Skiddy is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skiddy
  • Volland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Volland is located in Wabaunsee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volland
  • Latimer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilsey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Helmick
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Wreford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wreford is located in Geary County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wreford
  • Delavan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dwight ...

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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dwight.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dwight. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dwight and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dwight.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Dwight.

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 helpful 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 Dwight:

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>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- Dwight) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Dwight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.