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 Eastshore (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 Eastshore. 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 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.
Eastshore is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Harvey, McPherson, Morris & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Eastshore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eastshore:
- Marion County (The home county of Eastshore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastshore, with the one closest to Eastshore listed first.
- Canada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Canada is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada
- Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pilsen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pilsen is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Antelope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Antelope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Aulne ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Aulne is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulne
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oursler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oursler is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oursler
- Lincolnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Durham is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Tampa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Florence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lehigh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lehigh is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastshore, with the one closest to Eastshore listed first.
- Elbing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Elbing is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Brainerd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brainerd is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
- Whitewater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- De Graff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Graff is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
- Potwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Potwin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Chase County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastshore, with the one closest to Eastshore listed first.
- Cedar Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Clements
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clements is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
- Hymer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hymer is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymer
- Wonsevu
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wonsevu is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonsevu
- Elmdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rockland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Neva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Neva is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva
- Neva has also been known as:
- Neva Station
- Cottonwood Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Strong City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Strong City is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Strong City has also been known as:
- Strong
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strong City <1>
- Bazaar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bazaar is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazaar
- Dickinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastshore, with the one closest to Eastshore listed first.
- Jacobs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jacobs is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Rishel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rishel is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rishel
- Herington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dillon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dillon is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Elmo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Elmo is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Carlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carlton is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Navarre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Navarre is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre
- Holland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Woodbine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harvey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastshore, with the one closest to Eastshore listed first.
- Walton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hesston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Newton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zimmerdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zimmerdale is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerdale
- Newton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McLains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McLains is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLains
- Annelly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Annelly is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annelly
- McGraw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McGraw is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
- McPherson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastshore, with the one closest to Eastshore listed first.
- Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Roxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Galva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Moundridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elyria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elyria is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
- Morris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastshore, with the one closest to Eastshore listed first.
- Burdick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burdick is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdick
- Diamond Springs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Springs is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Delavan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Delavan is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Latimer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Latimer is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
- Wilsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsey is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Helmick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Helmick is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmick
- Saline County
- Gypsum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eastshore, see our County-by-County Page for Eastshore.
Cemeteries Near Eastshore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eastshore.
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 Eastshore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eastshore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eastshore, with the one closest to Eastshore listed first.
- Strassburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Canada Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brunk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evangelical Lutheran Zions Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Haven of Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gnadenau Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnadenau Village Cemetery
- The Gnadenau Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gnadenau Cemetery
- Spring Branch Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch Catholic Cemetery
- The Spring Branch Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery
- Claney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claney Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Claney Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Marion.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92203 <2>
- Harter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pilsen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- French Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (123 more) ...
- Alexanderfeld Mennonite Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gnadenau Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnadenau Cemetery
- The Gnadenau Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gnadenau Mennonite Cemetery
- Parkview Cemetery
- Johannestal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Eastshore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eastshore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eastshore, with the one closest to Eastshore listed first.
- Canada
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Canada is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada
- Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antelope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Antelope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Aulne ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Aulne is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulne
- Oursler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oursler is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oursler
- Lincolnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Durham is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Tampa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Florence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lehigh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lehigh is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Peabody
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lost Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ramona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- 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
- Waldeck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Waldeck is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldeck
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eastshore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eastshore.
Newspapers Published in Eastshore ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eastshore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eastshore, 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 Eastshore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Eastshore:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Chase County
- Dickinson County
- Harvey County
- McPherson County
- Morris County
- Saline 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eastshore) 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 Eastshore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |