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 Hawthorne (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 Hawthorne. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hawthorne is located in Atchison 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 Atchison County: Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Buchanan (MO) & Platte (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Hawthorne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hawthorne:
- Atchison County (The home county of Hawthorne)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Cummings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Potter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Atchison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Port Williams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Effingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Huron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Arrington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Everest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Horton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Robinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Baker ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Mercier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Powhattan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Doniphan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Doniphan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Purcell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Brenner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Denton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bendena
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Severance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Palermo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Leona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Blair
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Douglas County
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Larkinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Denison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whiting
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Birmingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Holton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mayetta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Netawaka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Hoyt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Nortonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Boyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Dunavant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Half Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Valley Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Valley Falls has also been known as:
- Sautrelle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Falls <1>
- Oskaloosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- McLouth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Shore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Ozawkie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Lakeside Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Easton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Lowemont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Kickapoo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Springdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Leavenworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jarbalo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Bain City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount has also been known as:
- Fairmont Village
- Hoge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- Tonganoxie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Basehor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Wallula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
- Piper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Lewis and Clark Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Rushville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Faucett
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Matney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Agency
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Holt County (MO)
- Forbes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Weston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Platte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- West Platte is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Stillings
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stillings is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- Woodruff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- East Leavenworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- Dearborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tracy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tracy is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Farley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Farley is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Camden Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Platte City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hawthorne, see our County-by-County Page for Hawthorne.
Cemeteries Near Hawthorne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hawthorne.
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 Hawthorne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hawthorne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Cummings District Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Round Mound Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Springhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ashcraft Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pardee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corpus Christi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sumner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. St. Scholastica Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hawthorne had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hawthorne, with the one closest to Hawthorne listed first.
- Cummings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Parnell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Parnell is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Potter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Shannon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shannon is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Nortonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dalbey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dalbey is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalbey
- Atchison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Millwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Winthrop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Port Williams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Easton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hawthorne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hawthorne.
Newspapers Published in Hawthorne ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawthorne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hawthorne, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hawthorne.
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 Hawthorne:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Atchison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Douglas County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Wyandotte County
- Buchanan County
- Holt County
- Platte 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> | 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- Hawthorne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Hawthorne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |