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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Goodintent. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Goodintent to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Goodintent, please Contact Us.
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 Goodintent (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 Goodintent. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Goodintent is historic, it would have been located within present day Atchison 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 Atchison County: Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Buchanan (MO) & Platte (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Goodintent. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goodintent:
- Atchison County (The home county of Goodintent)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Atchison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Huron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Monrovia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Cummings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Effingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Potter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Port Williams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Oak Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Muscotah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Arrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Everest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Horton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Robinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Baker ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Mercier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Hiawatha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Padonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Hamlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Doniphan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Doniphan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Purcell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bendena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Brenner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Moray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Severance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Troy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Leona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Palermo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Fanning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Blair
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Whiting
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Larkinburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Denison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Netawaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Birmingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Holton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Nortonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Winchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Half Mound
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Dunavant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Valley Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Valley Falls has also been known as:
- Sautrelle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Falls <2>
- Oskaloosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Shore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- McLouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ozawkie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Rock Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Lowemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Easton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Kickapoo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Springdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Leavenworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bain City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Jarbalo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Lansing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Andrew County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Nodaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Amazonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Country Club
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Lewis and Clark Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- De Kalb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Faucett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Matney
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saint Joseph
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Agency
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Saxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Forbes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Forest City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oregon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Weston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Dearborn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Platte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Platte is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Stillings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stillings is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- Camden Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Leavenworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- Tracy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tracy is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Farley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farley is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Platte City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goodintent, see our County-by-County Page for Goodintent.
Cemeteries Near Goodintent ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodintent.
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 Goodintent - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goodintent covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Alderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Robertson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lancaster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. St. Scholastica Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Benedicts Abbey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- State of Kansas Children's Orphan Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gore-Cummings-Nielson-Armstrong-Case Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Myers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.
Goodintent itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goodintent, with the one closest to Goodintent listed first.
- Shannon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Atchison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Parnell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Parnell is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Winthrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Doniphan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Huron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Monrovia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Hawthorne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hawthorne is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Purcell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cummings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Dalbey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dalbey is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalbey
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goodintent. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goodintent.
Newspapers Published in Goodintent ...
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 207 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodintent.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goodintent, 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 Goodintent.
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 Goodintent:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Atchison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Goodintent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Goodintent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |