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 Flush (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 Flush. 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 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.
Flush is located in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County: Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Riley, Shawnee & Wabaunsee.
Below are the counties that are near Flush. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flush:
- Pottawatomie County (The home county of Flush)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flush, with the one closest to Flush listed first.
- Westmoreland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saint George
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Louisville has also been known as:
- Louisville Springs
- Rock City
- Rock Creek Falls
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <1>
- Wamego
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fostoria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fostoria is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Olsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belvue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belvue is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Blaine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Wheaton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheaton is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Aikins
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Aikins is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikins
- Duluth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Duluth is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
- Onaga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Emmett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Geary County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flush, with the one closest to Flush listed first.
- Grandview Plaza
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview Plaza is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,553 people
- Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Junction City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alida is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flush, with the one closest to Flush listed first.
- Delia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Delia is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Soldier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flush, with the one closest to Flush listed first.
- Irving ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Frankfort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Frankfort is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Blue Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vermillion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nemaha County
- America City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- America City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America City
- Riley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flush, with the one closest to Flush listed first.
- Zeandale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zeandale is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeandale
- Fairmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Manhattan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pillsbury Crossing ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pillsbury Crossing is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury Crossing
- Eureka Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka Lake is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Lake
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ashland has also been known as:
- Ashland Bottoms
- Keats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Keats is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keats
- Ogden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Riley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Riley is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Former names for Riley:
- Riley Center
- Union
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riley <1>
- Walsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Walsburg is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsburg
- Leonardville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leonardville is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Leonardville has also been known as:
- Leonard
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonardville <1>
- Winkler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Winkler is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Shawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flush, with the one closest to Flush listed first.
- Rossville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Willard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willard is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Wabaunsee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flush, with the one closest to Flush listed first.
- McFarland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- McFarland is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Alma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paxico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vera
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vera is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
- Maple Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alta Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flush, see our County-by-County Page for Flush.
Cemeteries Near Flush ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flush.
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 Flush - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flush covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flush, with the one closest to Flush listed first.
- Admatha Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old County Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. George Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sales Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westmoreland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Westmoreland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Valley View Memorial Garden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Louisville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (154 more) ...
- Stillman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Line Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- King 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>
While we didn't find Flush in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flush.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flush, with the one closest to Flush listed first.
- Saint George
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Louisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Louisville has also been known as:
- Louisville Springs
- Rock City
- Rock Creek Falls
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <1>
- Westmoreland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wamego
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manhattan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fostoria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fostoria is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Wabaunsee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wabaunsee is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabaunsee
- Laclede
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Laclede is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laclede
- Olsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka Lake is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Lake
- Belvue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belvue is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Blaine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Keats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Keats is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keats
- Wheaton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheaton is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Ogden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flush. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flush.
Newspapers Published in Flush ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flush.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flush, 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 Flush.
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 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 Flush:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Pottawatomie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Geary County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Nemaha County
- Riley County
- Shawnee County
- Wabaunsee 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 Flush, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flush) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |