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 Harding (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 Harding. 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 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.
Harding is located in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County: Allen, Anderson, Crawford, Linn, Neosho & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Harding. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harding:
- Bourbon County (The home county of Harding)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Mapleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Devon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Hammond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Xenia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Marmaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Redfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Fort Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Bayard
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Mildred
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mildred is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
- Moran
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Elsmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Savonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- La Harpe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gas is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Selma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Kincaid
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Bush City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Lone Elm
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Welda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Welda is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda
- Garnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greeley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Cato
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cato is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Dry Wood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Hepler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hepler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Farlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arcadia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Coalvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Englevale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Gross
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gross is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Brazilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brazilton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazilton
- Walnut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Prescott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Mound City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Critzer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Blue Mound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Boicourt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Goodrich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Cadmus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- La Cygne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Parker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Linn Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Fontana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Jingo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Stark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Odense
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
- Bates County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Hume
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Worland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Worland is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Foster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Amoret
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amoret is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- New Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Home is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Rich Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nyhart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nyhart is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyhart
- Amsterdam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Merwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Merwin is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Stotesbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Richards
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Metz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Metz is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Deerfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Temple ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Temple is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Horton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Horton is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Moundville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nevada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bronaugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harding, see our County-by-County Page for Harding.
Cemeteries Near Harding ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harding.
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 Harding - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harding covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Avondale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Osaga Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glendale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centerville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Devon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #161162 <2>
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Northway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Curry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Prescott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prescott Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Prescott.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986369 <2>
- Shaw Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Harding had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harding, with the one closest to Harding listed first.
- Mapleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Fulton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Berlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Hammond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Xenia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Mound City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Redfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Marmaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Critzer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Fort Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Blue Mound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Ronald
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Hume
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harding. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harding.
Newspapers Published in Harding ...
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 247 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harding.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harding, 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 Harding.
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 Harding:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Bourbon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Anderson County
- Crawford County
- Linn County
- Miami County
- Neosho County
- Bates County
- Vernon 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Harding, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Harding) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |