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 Hamlin (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 Hamlin. 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.
Name Variations for Hamlin ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Hamlin has also been known as: Hamilton.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hamlin. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hamlin.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Hamlin is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Atchison, Doniphan, Jackson, Nemaha & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Hamlin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hamlin:
- Brown County (The home county of Hamlin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Padonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Morrill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Morrill is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Sun Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Springs is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
- Reserve
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reserve is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Hiawatha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Powhattan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Baker ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Robinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Mercier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Willis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 south)
- Everest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Huron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Muscotah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Effingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Monrovia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Doniphan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- White Cloud
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White Cloud is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Leona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Iowa Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Denton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Purcell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Severance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Sparks
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Fanning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Bendena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Brenner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Netawaka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Whiting
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Circleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nemaha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Sabetha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Berwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Berwick is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Capioma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- Woodlawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Granada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Oneida
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oneida is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Bern
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bern is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
- Wetmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Central City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Goff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Goff is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Kelly
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Seneca
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saint Benedict ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Benedict is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Big Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Fortescue
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Bigelow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Forest City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Craig
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Corning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Corning is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Mound City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oregon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forbes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- New Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Point is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Nemaha County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Deroin is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Deroin
- Howe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Howe is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Nemaha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Nemaha is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Nemaha has also been known as:
- Nemaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nemaha <1>
- Pawnee County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Du Bois
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pawnee City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Table Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Falls City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
- Straussville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Straussville is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straussville
- Rulo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
- Nim City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nim City is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nim City
- Verdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Arago ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Arago is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Dawson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Barada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barada is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Shubert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stella
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Humboldt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hamlin, see our County-by-County Page for Hamlin.
Cemeteries Near Hamlin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamlin.
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 Hamlin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hamlin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Hamlin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shelton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Niles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morrill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- Isley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hiawatha Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview City Cemetery
- The Fairview City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lambertson 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hamlin had a population of 216 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hamlin had a population of 35 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Padonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Morrill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Morrill is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Reserve
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reserve is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Hiawatha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sabetha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Powhattan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Falls City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Baker ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Berwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Berwick is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Fidelity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fidelity is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
- Capioma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- Robinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hamlin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hamlin.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hamlin ...
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 315 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamlin.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hamlin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hamlin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hamlin.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Hamlin.
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 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 Hamlin:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Doniphan County
- Jackson County
- Nemaha County
- Holt County
- Nemaha County
- Pawnee County
- Richardson 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> | 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 Hamlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hamlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |