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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Gerlane during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Gerlane had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..

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 Gerlane (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 Gerlane. 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 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 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.

Gerlane is located in Barber 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 Barber County: Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt, Alfalfa (OK) & Woods (OK).

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

  • Barber County     (The home county of Gerlane)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gerlane, with the one closest to Gerlane listed first.
    • Pixley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pixley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
      • Pixley is located in Barber County
    • Medicine Lodge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Sharon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Sharon is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
      • Former name for Sharon:
      • Bible Valley
    • Hazelton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazelton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
      • Hazelton is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Kiowa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
      • Kiowa is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
      • Kiowa has also been known as:
      • Kiowa
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <3>
    • Stubbs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
      • Stubbs is located in Barber County
    • Hardtner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Eldred ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldred have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
      • Eldred is located in Barber County
    • Forest City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Barber County
    • Elm Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
      • Elm Mills is located in Barber County
    • Lake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Lake City is located in Barber County
    • Isabel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
      • Isabel is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Aetna ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
      • Aetna is located in Barber County
  • Harper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gerlane, with the one closest to Gerlane listed first.
    • Crisfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crisfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
      • Crisfield is located in Harper County
    • Attica
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attica have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
      • Attica is located in Harper County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <3>
    • Waldron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
      • Waldron is located in Harper County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
    • Anthony
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Harper
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Duquoin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
      • Duquoin is located in Harper County
  • Kingman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gerlane, with the one closest to Gerlane listed first.
    • Nashville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Zenda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zenda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
      • Zenda is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zenda <3>
    • Willowdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
      • Willowdale is located in Kingman County
    • Spivey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spivey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
      • Spivey is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Pratt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gerlane, with the one closest to Gerlane listed first.
    • Sawyer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
      • Sawyer is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
    • Coats
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
      • Coats is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
  • Alfalfa County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gerlane, with the one closest to Gerlane listed first.
    • Burlington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Burlington is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <3>
    • Amorita
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amorita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amorita
      • Amorita is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amorita <3>
    • Byron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
      • Byron is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Ingersoll
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingersoll
      • Ingersoll is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
    • Cherokee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
      • Cherokee is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,492 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherokee <3>
  • Grant County (OK)
    • Manchester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Woods County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gerlane, with the one closest to Gerlane listed first.
    • Capron
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
      • Capron is located in Woods County (OK)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
    • Alva
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alva
      • Alva is located in Woods County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alva <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Gerlane ...

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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gerlane.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gerlane, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gerlane.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Gerlane:

Cemeteries Near Gerlane ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gerlane.

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 Gerlane covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Liberty Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
  • Highland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
  • Rosehill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosehill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosehill Cemetery
  • Sharon Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sharon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sharon Cemetery
  • Hardtner Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Kiowa.
    • The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Kiowa Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93501 <5>
  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
  • Lodi Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lodi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lodi Cemetery
  • John Jesse Gravesite
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Crisfield Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crisfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crisfield Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mumford Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mumford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mumford Cemetery
  • Continue List   (55 more) ...
    • Fritz Family Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Capron Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery

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>

While we didn't find Gerlane in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gerlane.

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

  • Pixley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pixley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
    • Pixley is located in Barber County
  • Medicine Lodge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hazelton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazelton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
    • Hazelton is located in Barber County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Sharon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
    • Sharon is located in Barber County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
    • Former name for Sharon:
    • Bible Valley
  • Hardtner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kiowa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
    • Kiowa is located in Barber County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Kiowa has also been known as:
    • Kiowa
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <3>
  • Eldred ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldred have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
    • Eldred is located in Barber County
  • Crisfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crisfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
    • Crisfield is located in Harper County
  • Corwin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corwin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
    • Corwin is located in Harper County
  • Mingona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mingona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
    • Mingona is located in Barber County
  • Attica
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attica have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
    • Attica is located in Harper County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <3>
  • Winchester
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
    • Winchester is located in Woods County (OK)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Elm Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
      • Elm Mills is located in Barber County
    • Ruella
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruella have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
      • Ruella is located in Harper County
    • Nashville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Gerlane and then turned west". While Gerlane could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Gerlane as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Gerlane could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Kansas community named Gerlane.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gerlane) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gerlane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1525, Longitude: -98.5498       In this case, the coordinates for Gerlane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Gerlane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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