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 East El Dorado (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 East El Dorado. 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 East El Dorado ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East El Dorado: E. El Dorado
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 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.
East El Dorado is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick & Sumner.
Below are the counties that are near East El Dorado. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East El Dorado:
- Butler County (The home county of East El Dorado)
- The following are listed by their distance from East El Dorado, with the one closest to East El Dorado listed first.
- El Dorado
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Prospect
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Pontiac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pontiac is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Chelsea ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Midian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Midian is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midian
- Hopkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkins is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
- Towanda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Haverhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Haverhill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Leon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Pickrell Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pickrell Corner is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickrell Corner
- Rosalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- De Graff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- De Graff is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chase County
- The following are listed by their distance from East El Dorado, with the one closest to East El Dorado listed first.
- Wonsevu
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wonsevu is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonsevu
- Matfield Green
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Point is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Cowley County
- The following are listed by their distance from East El Dorado, with the one closest to East El Dorado listed first.
- Atlanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Crouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Crouse is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Crouse
- Wilmot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wilmot is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from East El Dorado, with the one closest to East El Dorado listed first.
- Ivanpah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ivanpah is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanpah
- Reece
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Reece is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece
- Lapland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lapland is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
- Eureka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Piedmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harvey County
- The following are listed by their distance from East El Dorado, with the one closest to East El Dorado listed first.
- Annelly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Annelly is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annelly
- McLains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McLains is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLains
- Walton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from East El Dorado, with the one closest to East El Dorado listed first.
- Burns
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burns is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Peabody
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peabody is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
- Former name for Peabody:
- Coneburgh
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peabody <1>
- Florence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sedgwick County
- The following are listed by their distance from East El Dorado, with the one closest to East El Dorado listed first.
- Greenwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Bel Aire
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eastborough
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Eastborough is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Kechi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Park City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wichita Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wichita Heights is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichita Heights
- Valley Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wichita
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Derby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cow Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East El Dorado, see our County-by-County Page for East El Dorado.
Cemeteries Near East El Dorado ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East El Dorado.
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 East El Dorado - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East El Dorado covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East El Dorado, with the one closest to East El Dorado listed first.
- Belle Vista Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunset Lawns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Foster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Valley Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sherman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pontiac Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Economy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sutton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Butts - Wakefield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Towanda Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (108 more) ...
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Leon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2378393 <2>
- Quito Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find East El Dorado in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East El Dorado.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East El Dorado, with the one closest to East El Dorado listed first.
- El Dorado
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pontiac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pontiac is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Chelsea ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Towanda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Haverhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Haverhill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Leon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- De Graff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- De Graff is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
- Potwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Potwin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Keighley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keighley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
- Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lorena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lorena is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena
- Benton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brainerd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brainerd is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East El Dorado. See our List of 1890's Communities around East El Dorado.
Newspapers Published in East El Dorado ...
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 215 newspapers that have been published in the area around East El Dorado.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East El Dorado, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East El Dorado.
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 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 East El Dorado:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chase County
- Cowley County
- Greenwood County
- Harvey County
- Marion County
- Sedgwick 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> | 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 East El Dorado, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East El Dorado) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |