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 Hartford (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 Hartford. 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 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.
Hartford is located in Lyon 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 Lyon County: Chase, Coffey, Greenwood, Morris, Osage & Wabaunsee.
Below are the counties that are near Hartford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hartford:
- Lyon County (The home county of Hartford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Neosho Rapids
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neosho Rapids is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Rapids
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Olpe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Emporia Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emporia Junction is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia Junction
- Lang
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lang is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lang
- Lang has also been known as:
- Hortonville
- Emporia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reading
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Berkeley Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berkeley Hills is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Hills
- Merrick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Merrick is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrick
- Americus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Plymouth is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Miller
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Miller is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Admire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Westphalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westphalia is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Harris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Central City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Central City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Former name for Central City:
- Jerome
- Central City has also been known as:
- Central
- Chase County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Toledo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Toledo is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Saffordville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saffordville is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saffordville
- Ellinor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ellinor is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellinor
- Gladstone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gladstone is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Coffey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Jacobs Creek Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobs Creek Landing is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Creek Landing
- Ottumwa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ottumwa is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottumwa
- Lebo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Strawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gridley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gridley is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Halls Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Halls Summit is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Summit
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Le Roy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Agricola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Agricola is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Aliceville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Aliceville is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceville
- Franklin County
- Williamsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Lamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Madison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Virgil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Virgil is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Hamilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morris County
- Dunlap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Olivet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Barclay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Barclay is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Melvern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Melvern is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
- Melvern has also been known as:
- Melvin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvern <1>
- Osage City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lyndon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peterton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Peterton is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterton
- Quenemo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quenemo is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quenemo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Quenemo has also been known as:
- Quenemo Agency
- Vassar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wabaunsee County
- Wilmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilmington is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Woodson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Hasty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hasty is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Neosho Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neosho Falls is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hartford, see our County-by-County Page for Hartford.
Cemeteries Near Hartford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hartford.
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 Hartford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hartford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hartford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Neosho Rapids.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93132 <2>
- St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Strawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chicago Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bowman & Adgate Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Badger Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Creek Cemetery
- The Badger Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forest Hill Cemetery South
- Stevenson Cemetery
- Continue List (112 more) ...
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- The Forest Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hunter Cemetery
- Maydale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Hartford had a population of 441 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hartford had a population of 368 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hartford, with the one closest to Hartford listed first.
- Neosho Rapids
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neosho Rapids is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Rapids
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Ottumwa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ottumwa is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottumwa
- Lebo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Olpe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Strawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arvonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arvonia is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvonia
- Lang
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lang is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lang
- Lang has also been known as:
- Hortonville
- Emporia Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emporia Junction is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia Junction
- Lamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Burlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Emporia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reading
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gridley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gridley is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Sharpe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sharpe is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Madison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hartford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartford.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hartford ...
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 Hartford.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hartford. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hartford and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hartford.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Hartford.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Hartford:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Lyon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Chase County
- Coffey County
- Franklin County
- Greenwood County
- Morris County
- Osage County
- Wabaunsee County
- Woodson 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 Hartford, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hartford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |