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 Heizer (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 Heizer. 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.
Heizer is located in Barton 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 Barton County: Ellis, Ellsworth, Pawnee, Rice, Rush, Russell & Stafford.
Below are the counties that are near Heizer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Heizer:
- Barton County (The home county of Heizer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heizer, with the one closest to Heizer listed first.
- Anchorway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anchorway is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
- Albert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Boyd is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Olmitz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kanbrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kanbrick is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanbrick
- Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Great Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Hoisington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Hoisington is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hoisington
- Hoisington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dartmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dartmouth is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
- Redwing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redwing is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
- Millard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Millard is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Ellis County
- Pfeifer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
- Ellsworth County
- Holyrood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heizer, with the one closest to Heizer listed first.
- Ray ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Ash Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Valley
- Larned
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Rice County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heizer, with the one closest to Heizer listed first.
- Silica
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Silica is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Bushton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bushton is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Raymond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Raymond is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Chase
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chase is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heizer, with the one closest to Heizer listed first.
- Otis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timken
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Timken is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Bison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Loretta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loretta is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
- Former names for Loretta:
- Illinois
- Marienfeld
- Rush Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- La Crosse
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Liebenthal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liebenthal is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Nekoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nekoma is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
- Russell County
- Milberger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Milberger is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milberger
- Stafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heizer, with the one closest to Heizer listed first.
- Radium
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Radium is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Seward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Seward is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Saint John
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Heizer, see our County-by-County Page for Heizer.
Cemeteries Near Heizer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heizer.
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 Heizer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Heizer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Heizer, with the one closest to Heizer listed first.
- Everett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walnut Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Golden Belt Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Great Bend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rockville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dundee Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Albert Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (68 more) ...
- Olivet Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boyle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bergthal Mennonite Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergthal Mennonite Cemetery
- The Bergthal Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bergtal Cemetery
- Bergthal 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Heizer had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Heizer, with the one closest to Heizer listed first.
- Albert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Olmitz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Great Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Boyd is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Hoisington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dartmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dartmouth is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
- Redwing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redwing is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
- Millard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Millard is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Galatia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Galatia is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Timken
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Timken is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Ray ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ray is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Seward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Seward is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Heizer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heizer.
Newspapers Published in Heizer ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heizer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heizer, 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 Heizer.
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 Heizer:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Barton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ellis County
- Ellsworth County
- Pawnee County
- Rice County
- Rush County
- Russell County
- Stafford 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 Heizer, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Heizer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |