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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 Hog Back (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 Hog Back. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Hog Back is located in Ellis 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 Ellis County: Barton, Graham, Ness, Osborne, Rooks, Rush, Russell & Trego.

Below are the counties that are near Hog Back. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hog Back:

  • Ellis County     (The home county of Hog Back)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hog Back, with the one closest to Hog Back listed first.
    • Yocemento
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yocemento have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocemento
      • Yocemento is located in Ellis County
    • Ellis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hays
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Antonino
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antonino have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonino
      • Antonino is located in Ellis County
    • Toulon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toulon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
      • Toulon is located in Ellis County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Toulon
      • From Hog Back to Toulon
    • Catharine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catharine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
      • Catharine is located in Ellis County
      • Catharine has also been known as:
      • Catherine
    • Munjor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munjor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
      • Munjor is located in Ellis County
    • Schoenchen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schoenchen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
      • Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
    • Turkville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Turkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
      • Turkville is located in Ellis County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Turkville
      • From Hog Back to Turkville
    • Victoria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
      • Victoria is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
    • Emmeram
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Pfeifer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
  • Ness County
  • Osborne County
    • Natoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natoma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
      • Natoma is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natoma <2>
  • Rooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hog Back, with the one closest to Hog Back listed first.
    • Zurich
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
      • Zurich is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Palco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Plainville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Codell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Damar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Rush County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hog Back, with the one closest to Hog Back listed first.
    • Liebenthal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • McCracken
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCracken have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCracken
      • McCracken is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCracken <2>
    • Loretta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hargrave
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hargrave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
      • Hargrave is located in Rush County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hargrave
      • From Hog Back to Hargrave
    • La Crosse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Nekoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hog Back, with the one closest to Hog Back listed first.
    • Gorham
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
      • Gorham is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <2>
    • Balta ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Balta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
      • Balta is located in Russell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Balta
      • From Hog Back to Balta
  • Trego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hog Back, with the one closest to Hog Back listed first.
    • Ogallah
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Trego
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trego. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trego
      • Trego is located in Trego County
      • Trego has also been known as:
      • Trego Center
      • Trego Tank
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Trego
      • From Hog Back to Trego
    • WaKeeney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hog Back, see our County-by-County Page for Hog Back.

Cemeteries Near Hog Back ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hog Back.

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 Hog Back covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hog Back, with the one closest to Hog Back listed first.

  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mary's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ft. Hays Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Hays Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Hays Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ft. Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hyacinth Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hyacinth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hyacinth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Saint Johns Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Allen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Allen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • St. Andrew Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Severin Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Severin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Severin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oglala Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oglala Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oglala Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hog Back had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hog Back, with the one closest to Hog Back listed first.

  • Ellis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hays
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Toulon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Toulon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
    • Toulon is located in Ellis County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Toulon
    • From Hog Back to Toulon
  • Munjor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munjor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
    • Munjor is located in Ellis County
  • Catharine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catharine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
    • Catharine is located in Ellis County
    • Catharine has also been known as:
    • Catherine
  • Ogallah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Turkville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Turkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
    • Turkville is located in Ellis County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Turkville
    • From Hog Back to Turkville
  • Victoria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
    • Victoria is located in Ellis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
  • Liebenthal
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Zurich
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
    • Zurich is located in Rooks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Pfeifer
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Walker
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Ellis County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • WaKeeney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Palco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • McCracken
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCracken have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCracken
      • McCracken is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCracken <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hog Back. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hog Back.

Newspapers Published in Hog Back ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hog Back.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hog Back, 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 Hog Back.

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 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 Hog Back:

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

The official website for Ellis County: www.ellisco.net/

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>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- Hog Back) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hog Back. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9211, Longitude: -99.4842       In this case, the coordinates for Hog Back have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Hog Back, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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