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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 Gibbs (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 Gibbs. 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.

Gibbs is located in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County: Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Osage (OK) & Washington (OK).

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

  • Chautauqua County     (The home county of Gibbs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gibbs, with the one closest to Gibbs listed first.
    • Rogers
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Wauneta
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Layton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sedan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hewins
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hewins is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
    • Osro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Osro is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
      • Osro has also been known as:
      • Osrow
      • Ozro Falls
      • Ozro
      • Ozrow
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Osro
      • From Gibbs to Osro
    • Elgin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
      • Elgin has also been known as:
      • New Elgin
    • Cedar Vale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Grafton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Chautauqua
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Monett
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Peru
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Peru is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Cowley County
  • Elk County
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gibbs, with the one closest to Gibbs listed first.
    • Havana
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Havana is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Caney
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Caney is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caney <1>
    • Elk City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Tyro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Tyro is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
  • Wilson County
  • Osage County (OK)
  • Washington County (OK)
    • Copan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Copan is located in Washington County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copan <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Gibbs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gibbs.

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 Gibbs - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gibbs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Denick Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grant Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Moore Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Round Mound Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ozro Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rose Dale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • De Bask Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Casement Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Belknap Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (95 more) ...
    • Elgin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • District 1 Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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>

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

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

  • Rogers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Wauneta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Osro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Osro is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
    • Osro has also been known as:
    • Osrow
    • Ozro Falls
    • Ozro
    • Ozrow
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Osro
    • From Gibbs to Osro
  • Hewins
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hewins is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
  • Sedan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Vale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Elgin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
    • Elgin has also been known as:
    • New Elgin
  • Grafton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloverdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cloverdale is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Chautauqua
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Monett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Peru
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Peru is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Taussig
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Taussig is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taussig
    • Jonesburg ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jonesburg is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
    • Moline
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Gibbs ...

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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gibbs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gibbs, 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 Gibbs.

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 Gibbs:

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 Gibbs, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gibbs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.