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 Haven (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 Haven. 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 northwest 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 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.
Haven is located in Reno 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 Reno County: Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Pratt, Rice, Sedgwick & Stafford.
Below are the counties that are near Haven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haven:
- Reno County (The home county of Haven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haven, with the one closest to Haven listed first.
- Yoder
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Punkin Center ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Punkin Center is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Cruppers Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cruppers Corner is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruppers Corner
- Elmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elmer is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Darlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Darlow is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Saint Joe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Joe is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Castleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Castleton is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
- Obeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Obeeville is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obeeville
- South Hutchinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteside is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Pretty Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harvey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haven, with the one closest to Haven listed first.
- Patterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Burrton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burrton is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
- Paxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Halstead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alta Mills ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alta Mills is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Mills
- Sedgwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Van Arsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Van Arsdale is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Arsdale
- Putnam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Putnam is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- McGraw
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McGraw is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
- Hesston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zimmerdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Zimmerdale is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerdale
- Kingman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haven, with the one closest to Haven listed first.
- Murdock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Murdock is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
- Kingman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alameda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alameda is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McPherson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haven, with the one closest to Haven listed first.
- Inman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moundridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Groveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Groveland is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Elyria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elyria is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
- Sedgwick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haven, with the one closest to Haven listed first.
- Mount Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Andale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bentley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Colwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coleman is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Garden Plain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Garden Plain is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Cheney
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Maize
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goddard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westlink Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westlink Village is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlink Village
- Valley Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Park City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Haven, see our County-by-County Page for Haven.
Cemeteries Near Haven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haven.
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 Haven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haven, with the one closest to Haven listed first.
- Haven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt - Shive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burrton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burrton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Burrton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1965920 <2>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairlawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (108 more) ...
- Lone Star Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eastside Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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 Haven had a population of 273 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Haven had a population of 1,184 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Haven, with the one closest to Haven listed first.
- Yoder
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Patterson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Elmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elmer is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Darlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Darlow is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Castleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Castleton is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
- Burrton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burrton is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
- Andale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Hutchinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bentley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pretty Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Colwich
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Halstead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buhler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Buhler is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Buhler has also been known as:
- Tulip Town
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buhler <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haven.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Haven ...
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 187 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haven.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Haven. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Haven and those printed in the larger area surrounding Haven.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Haven.
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 helpful 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 Haven:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Reno County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Harvey County
- Kingman County
- McPherson County
- Sedgwick 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 Haven, 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- Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |