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 Fanning (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 Fanning. 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 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.
Fanning is located in Doniphan 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 Doniphan County: Atchison, Brown, Andrew (MO), Buchanan (MO), Holt (MO) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Fanning. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fanning:
- Doniphan County (The home county of Fanning)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Sparks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Moray
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bendena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Severance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Iowa Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Brenner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Palermo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Huron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Atchison
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lancaster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Monrovia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Effingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Port Williams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Muscotah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Oak Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Potter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Robinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Everest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Hiawatha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Horton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baker ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Padonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Reserve
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Mercier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Hamlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Powhattan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Morrill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Morrill is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Jackson County
- Whiting
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Jefferson County
- Nortonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Andrew County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Nodaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Amazonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Fillmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Country Club
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Savannah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Rosendale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Cosby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Bolckow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Rea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rea is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rushville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- De Kalb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Matney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Willow Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Agency
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Faucett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Easton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Forbes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oregon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Point is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Fortescue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Big Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Bigelow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Mound City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Maitland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Maitland is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Craig
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nodaway County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Graham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Barnard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Dearborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Rulo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
- Preston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Arago ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arago is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Falls City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fanning, see our County-by-County Page for Fanning.
Cemeteries Near Fanning ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fanning.
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 Fanning - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fanning covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Fanning Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Iola Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wolf River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Courter - Ritchey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Charleston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forbes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bitner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fanning had a population of 54 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fanning, with the one closest to Fanning listed first.
- Sparks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Severance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Bendena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Forbes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Brenner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Iowa Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Curzon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Curzon is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curzon
- Leona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oregon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nodaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fanning. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fanning.
Newspapers Published in Fanning ...
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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fanning.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fanning, 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 Fanning.
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 websites either 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 Fanning:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Doniphan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Platte County
- Richardson 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> | 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 Fanning, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Fanning) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |