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 Esbon (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 Esbon. 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 Esbon ...
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: Ezbon.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Esbon. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Esbon.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Esbon is located in Jewell 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 Jewell County: Cloud, Mitchell, Osborne, Republic, Smith, Nuckolls (NE) & Webster (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Esbon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Esbon:
- Jewell County (The home county of Esbon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esbon, with the one closest to Esbon listed first.
- Burr Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Mankato
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Former name for Montrose:
- Delta
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Webber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Formoso
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Formoso is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Randall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Randall is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esbon, with the one closest to Esbon listed first.
- Cawker City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Elder
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beloit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Osborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esbon, with the one closest to Esbon listed first.
- Downs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Portis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Portis is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Osborne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Osborne is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
- Osborne has also been known as:
- Peru
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <1>
- Republic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esbon, with the one closest to Esbon listed first.
- White Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- White Rock is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Courtland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esbon, with the one closest to Esbon listed first.
- Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bellaire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bellaire is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Dispatch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dispatch is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
- Womer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Womer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
- Smith Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harlan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Harlan is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Gaylord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Athol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Athol is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Cedar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Franklin County (NE)
- Riverton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nuckolls County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esbon, with the one closest to Esbon listed first.
- Superior
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hardy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webster County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esbon, with the one closest to Esbon listed first.
- Pawnee Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pawnee Village is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
- Amboy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Amboy is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Guide Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Red Cloud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Inavale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cowles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cowles is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Esbon, see our County-by-County Page for Esbon.
Cemeteries Near Esbon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Esbon.
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 Esbon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Esbon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Esbon, with the one closest to Esbon listed first.
- Esbon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Prairie Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Plains Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Price Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (122 more) ...
- Odessa Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Webb Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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, Esbon had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Esbon had a population of 91 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Esbon, with the one closest to Esbon listed first.
- Otego
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Otego is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otego
- Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burr Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Dentonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dentonia is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentonia
- Northbranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Northbranch is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbranch
- Ionia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ionia is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
- Mankato
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bellaire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bellaire is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Cora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cora is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Amboy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Amboy is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Montrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Montrose is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Former name for Montrose:
- Delta
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Guide Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Womer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Womer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
- Smith Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Esbon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Esbon.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Esbon ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Esbon.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Esbon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Esbon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Esbon.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Esbon.
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 Esbon:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Jewell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Mitchell County
- Osborne County
- Republic County
- Smith County
- Franklin County
- Nuckolls County
- Webster 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 Esbon, 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' (or 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- Esbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |