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 Highland (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 Highland. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Highland is located in Doniphan 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 Doniphan County: Atchison, Brown, Andrew (MO), Buchanan (MO), Holt (MO) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Highland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland:
- Doniphan County (The home county of Highland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Sparks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Iowa Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Fanning
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Leona
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Severance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- White Cloud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- White Cloud is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Bendena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Purcell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Brenner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Huron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Lancaster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Atchison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Monrovia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Effingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Muscotah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Cummings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Potter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Port Williams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Arrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Robinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Hiawatha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Everest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Padonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Reserve
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Baker ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Horton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hamlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Mercier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Powhattan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Morrill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morrill is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Whiting
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Netawaka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Jefferson County
- Nortonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nemaha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Sabetha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Capioma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- Granada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Andrew County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Nodaway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Amazonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Fillmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Country Club
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Savannah
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Rosendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Bolckow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Rea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rea is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Rushville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Joseph
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- De Kalb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Matney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saxton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Willow Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Faucett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Forest City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fortescue
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Big Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- New Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Point is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Bigelow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Mound City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Craig
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Maitland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Maitland is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Corning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Corning is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Nodaway County (MO)
- Graham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Rulo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
- Preston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Falls City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arago ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Arago is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Straussville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Straussville is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straussville
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
- Barada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barada is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Verdon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highland, see our County-by-County Page for Highland.
Cemeteries Near Highland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland.
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 Highland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Highland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wolf River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Iola Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Iowa Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Burrell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fanning Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kenyon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ununda Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf River Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Bitner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vickery Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Highland had a population of 493 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Highland had a population of 986 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highland, with the one closest to Highland listed first.
- Sparks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Iowa Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Leona
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Fanning
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Severance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Robinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- White Cloud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- White Cloud is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Denton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Curzon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Curzon is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curzon
- Bendena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Forest City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Forbes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Purcell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland.
Newspapers Published in Highland ...
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 191 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland, 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 Highland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Highland:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Doniphan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Nemaha County
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Platte County
- Richardson 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 Highland, 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- Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |