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 Hiattville (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 Hiattville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Hiattville is located in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County: Allen, Anderson, Crawford, Linn, Neosho & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Hiattville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hiattville:
- Bourbon County (The home county of Hiattville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Hollister
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Pawnee Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Ronald
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Petersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Redfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Marmaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Godfrey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Edward
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Porterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Fort Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Savonburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Elsmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Moran
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Bayard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Leanna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leanna is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- La Harpe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mildred
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mildred is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
- Gas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gas is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Octagon City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Octagon City is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon City
- Anderson County
- Kincaid
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Stone City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stone City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Weir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Carona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- East Mineral ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- East Mineral is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mineral
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- Roseland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Scammon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Mineral
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Hepler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hepler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Farlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cato is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Dry Wood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Englevale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Brazilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brazilton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazilton
- Walnut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Arcadia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Girard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coalvale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Gross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gross is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Arma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Labette County
- Strauss
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Strauss is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Prescott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Blue Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Critzer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Mound City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Stark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Odense
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
- Saint Paul
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Erie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rollin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rollin is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Barton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Burgess
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Burgess is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Liberal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mindenmines
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bates County (MO)
- Hume
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Jasper County (MO)
- Opolis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Deerfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Richards
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Bronaugh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Moundville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stotesbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Temple ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Temple is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Nevada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Metz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Metz is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hiattville, see our County-by-County Page for Hiattville.
Cemeteries Near Hiattville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hiattville.
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 Hiattville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hiattville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Hiattville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Orum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Farlington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marmaton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Lawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woods Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hiattville had a population of 288 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hiattville, with the one closest to Hiattville listed first.
- Pawnee Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Ronald
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Hepler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hepler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Farlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Cato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cato is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Marmaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Dry Wood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Godfrey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Porterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Englevale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Brazilton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brazilton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazilton
- Fort Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hiattville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hiattville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hiattville ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiattville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hiattville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hiattville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hiattville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Hiattville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Hiattville:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Bourbon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Anderson County
- Cherokee County
- Crawford County
- Labette County
- Linn County
- Neosho County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Jasper County
- Vernon 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 Hiattville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hiattville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |