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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 Goodland (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 Goodland. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Goodland is located in Sherman County and is the County Seat.

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 Sherman County: Kit Carson (CO), Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Thomas & Wallace.

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

  • Sherman County     (The home county of Goodland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodland, with the one closest to Goodland listed first.
    • Caruso
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caruso have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruso
      • Caruso is located in Sherman County
    • Edson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
      • Edson is located in Sherman County
    • Ruleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruleton
      • Ruleton is located in Sherman County
    • Kanorado
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Cheyenne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodland, with the one closest to Goodland listed first.
    • Wheeler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Wheeler is located in Cheyenne County
    • Bird City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Saint Francis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Logan County
    • McAllaster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McAllaster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllaster
      • McAllaster is located in Logan County
  • Thomas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goodland, with the one closest to Goodland listed first.
    • Brewster
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
      • Brewster is located in Thomas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewster <2>
    • Levant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
      • Levant is located in Thomas County
  • Wallace County
    • Wallace
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
      • Wallace is located in Wallace County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <2>
  • Kit Carson County (CO)
    • Burlington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Burlington is located in Kit Carson County (CO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <2>
  • Yuma County (CO)
    • Hale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
      • Hale is located in Yuma County (CO)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Goodland ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goodland.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Goodland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Goodland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Goodland.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Goodland.

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 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 Goodland:

Cemeteries Near Goodland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goodland.

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

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

  • Goodland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodland Cemetery
  • Goodland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodland Cemetery
  • Whistler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whistler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whistler Cemetery
  • Frerichs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frerichs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frerichs Cemetery
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
  • Edison Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edison Cemetery
  • New Liberty Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Liberty Cemetery
  • Hartzler Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartzler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartzler Cemetery
  • Hollenbeck Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollenbeck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollenbeck Cemetery
  • Shermanville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shermanville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shermanville Cemetery
  • Freeland Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freeland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freeland Cemetery
  • Kanorado Catholic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kanorado Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kanorado Catholic Cemetery
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Brewster Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brewster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brewster Cemetery
    • Kanorado Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kanorado Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kanorado 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Goodland had a population of 1,027 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Goodland had a population of 4,301 people.

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

  • Edson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
    • Edson is located in Sherman County
  • Ruleton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruleton
    • Ruleton is located in Sherman County
  • Brewster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
    • Brewster is located in Thomas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewster <2>
  • Kanorado
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Levant
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
    • Levant is located in Thomas County
  • Wheeler
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
    • Wheeler is located in Cheyenne County
  • McAllaster
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McAllaster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllaster
    • McAllaster is located in Logan County
  • Bird City
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Saint Francis
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Goodland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goodland.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Goodland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Goodland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Goodland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3512, Longitude: -101.7104    
<4>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.
<5>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 Goodland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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