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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 Enterprise (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 Enterprise. 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.

Enterprise is located in Dickinson County.

To see how the shape of Kansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dickinson County: Clay, Geary, Marion, McPherson, Morris, Ottawa & Saline.

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

  • Dickinson County     (The home county of Enterprise)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
    • Detroit
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Abilene
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Chapman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Navarre
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navarre have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre
      • Navarre is located in Dickinson County
    • Acme
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Acme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
      • Acme is located in Dickinson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Acme
      • From Enterprise to Acme
    • Lyona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lyona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyona
      • Lyona is located in Dickinson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lyona
      • From Enterprise to Lyona
    • Buckeye
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Talmage
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodbine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
      • Woodbine is located in Dickinson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbine <1>
    • Upland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Upland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
      • Upland is located in Dickinson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Upland
      • From Enterprise to Upland
    • Holland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Solomon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Dillon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dillon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
      • Dillon is located in Dickinson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dillon
      • From Enterprise to Dillon
  • Clay County
  • Geary County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
    • Kansas Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wreford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wreford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wreford
      • Wreford is located in Geary County
    • Alida
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alida. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
      • Alida is located in Geary County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Alida
      • From Enterprise to Alida
    • Junction City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grandview Plaza
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandview Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Plaza
      • Grandview Plaza is located in Geary County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,553 people
    • Milford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
    • Ramona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Lost Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Springs
      • Lost Springs is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lost Springs <1>
    • Tampa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Durham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Lincolnville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincolnville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
    • Pilsen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • McPherson County
  • Morris County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
    • Skiddy ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skiddy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skiddy
      • Skiddy is located in Morris County
    • Latimer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Latimer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
      • Latimer is located in Morris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Latimer
      • From Enterprise to Latimer
    • White City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Delavan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkerville
      • Parkerville is located in Morris County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
    • Burdick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dwight
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Wilsey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ottawa County
  • Riley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
    • Ogden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bala
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Ashland ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Ashland is located in Riley County
      • Ashland has also been known as:
      • Ashland Bottoms
    • Eureka Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Lake
      • Eureka Lake is located in Riley County
  • Saline County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.
    • Kipp
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • New Cambria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Cambria. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cambria
      • New Cambria is located in Saline County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to New Cambria
      • From Enterprise to New Cambria
    • Gypsum
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Salina
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Hallville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hallville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallville
      • Hallville is located in Saline County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hallville
      • From Enterprise to Hallville
    • Mentor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Assaria
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assaria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assaria
      • Assaria is located in Saline County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Assaria <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Enterprise ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Enterprise.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Enterprise, with the one closest to Enterprise listed first.

  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scheiller Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scheiller Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scheiller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lutheran Cemetery #17
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery #17
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery #17 have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Detroit Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Farmington Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Abilene Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Indian Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Belle Spring Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belle Spring Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belle Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Navarre Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Navarre Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Navarre Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (133 more) ...
    • Riffel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riffel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riffel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rinehart Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rinehart Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rinehart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Enterprise had a population of 804 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Enterprise had a population of 773 people.

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

  • Detroit
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pearl
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Pearl is located in Dickinson County
  • Abilene
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Navarre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navarre have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre
    • Navarre is located in Dickinson County
  • Chapman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Acme
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Acme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
    • Acme is located in Dickinson County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Acme
    • From Enterprise to Acme
  • Sutphen ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutphen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphen
    • Sutphen is located in Dickinson County
  • Woodbine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
    • Woodbine is located in Dickinson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbine <1>
  • Talmage
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kansas Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Holland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Solomon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Dillon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dillon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
      • Dillon is located in Dickinson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dillon
      • From Enterprise to Dillon
    • Hope
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Wreford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wreford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wreford
      • Wreford is located in Geary County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Enterprise ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Enterprise.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Enterprise. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Enterprise and those printed in the larger area surrounding Enterprise.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<7> of Enterprise.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Enterprise:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Enterprise. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Dickinson County: www.dkcoks.com/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>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 Enterprise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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 from Point A (ie- Enterprise) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Enterprise. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9028, Longitude: -97.1173    









 

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