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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 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
      • Anchorway is located in Barton County
    • Albert
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
      • Albert is located in Barton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albert <2>
    • Boyd ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyd. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Boyd is located in Barton County
    • Olmitz
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Kanbrick
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kanbrick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanbrick
      • Kanbrick is located in Barton County
    • Dundee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
      • Dundee is located in Barton County
    • Great Bend
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • South Hoisington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Hoisington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hoisington
      • South Hoisington is located in Barton County
    • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dartmouth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
      • Dartmouth is located in Barton County
    • Redwing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Redwing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
      • Redwing is located in Barton County
  • Ellis County
    • Pfeifer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pfeifer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
      • Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
  • Ellsworth County
    • Holyrood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holyrood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyrood
      • Holyrood is located in Ellsworth County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holyrood <2>
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
      • Ray is located in Pawnee County
    • Ash Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Valley
      • Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
    • Larned
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Garfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Pawnee County
      • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silica. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
      • Silica is located in Rice County
    • Bushton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushton
      • Bushton is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Raymond
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
      • Raymond is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • Chase
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
      • Chase is located in Rice County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
      • Otis is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otis <2>
    • Timken
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
      • Timken is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Bison
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
      • Bison is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Loretta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
      • Loretta is located in Rush County
      • Former names for Loretta:
      • Illinois
      • Marienfeld
    • Rush Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Center
      • Rush Center is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Center <2>
    • La Crosse
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Liebenthal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liebenthal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
      • Liebenthal is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
    • Nekoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nekoma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
      • Nekoma is located in Rush County
  • Russell County
    • Milberger
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milberger
      • Milberger is located in Russell County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
      • Radium is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Seward
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seward have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
      • Seward is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Hudson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Hudson is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
    • Saint John
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
      • Saint John is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint John <2>

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Everett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Everett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walnut Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Patterson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patterson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patterson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Golden Belt Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Golden Belt Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Golden Belt Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Great Bend Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rockville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dundee Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dundee Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dundee Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Albert Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Albert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Albert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (68 more) ...
    • Olivet Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Boyle Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bergthal Mennonite Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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.<5>

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
    • Albert is located in Barton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albert <2>
  • Dundee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Dundee is located in Barton County
  • 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)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyd. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Boyd is located in Barton County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
    • Otis is located in Rush County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otis <2>
  • Dartmouth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dartmouth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
    • Dartmouth is located in Barton County
  • Redwing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Redwing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
    • Redwing is located in Barton County
  • Millard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Millard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
    • Millard is located in Barton County
  • Galatia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galatia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatia
    • Galatia is located in Barton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Timken
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
      • Timken is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Ray ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
      • Ray is located in Pawnee County
    • Seward
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seward have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
      • Seward is located in Stafford County
      • 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]<6>. 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 turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Heizer:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Heizer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Barton County: www.bartoncounty.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Heizer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heizer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4222, Longitude: -98.8893       In this case, the coordinates for Heizer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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