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 Fulton (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 Fulton. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Fulton is located in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County: Allen, Anderson, Crawford, Linn, Neosho & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Fulton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fulton:
- Bourbon County (The home county of Fulton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Hammond
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Devon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Mapleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Fort Scott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Marmaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Redfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Xenia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Edward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Ronald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Godfrey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Bayard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Mildred
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mildred is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
- Moran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Elsmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Savonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Selma
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Kincaid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Bush City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Lone Elm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Cato
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cato is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Dry Wood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Arcadia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Farlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hepler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hepler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Englevale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Gross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gross is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Prescott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Mound City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Critzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Blue Mound
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boicourt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- La Cygne
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Goodrich
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Linn Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Cadmus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Parker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Jingo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Fontana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Bates County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Hume
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Worland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Worland is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Foster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- New Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Home is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Amoret
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Amoret is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Rich Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nyhart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nyhart is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyhart
- Amsterdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Butler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Merwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Merwin is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Passaic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Passaic is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Prairie City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Prairie City is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Stotesbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Richards
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Metz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Metz is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Deerfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Temple ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Temple is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Horton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Horton is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Moundville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nevada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bronaugh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Walker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Walker is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Milo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milo is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fulton, see our County-by-County Page for Fulton.
Cemeteries Near Fulton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fulton.
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 Fulton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fulton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Osaga Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Barnesville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Prescott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prescott Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Prescott.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986369 <2>
- Glendale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Cemetery
- The Holmes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holmes Family Cemetery
- Avondale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Battlefield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Underwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dayton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Fulton had a population of 506 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fulton had a population of 154 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Harding
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harding is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
- Hammond
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Mapleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Hume
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Wolfe ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wolfe is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfe
- Mound City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Fort Scott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Richards
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Pleasanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rinehart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rinehart is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinehart
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Marmaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Eve
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eve is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eve
- Critzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fulton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fulton.
Newspapers Published in Fulton ...
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 208 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fulton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fulton, 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 Fulton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Fulton:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Bourbon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Anderson County
- Crawford County
- Linn County
- Miami County
- Bates County
- Vernon 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 Fulton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fulton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |