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 Hunter (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 Hunter. 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.
Hunter is located in Mitchell 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 Mitchell County: Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Osborne, Ottawa & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Hunter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hunter:
- Mitchell County (The home county of Hunter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Blue Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Elder
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cawker City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beloit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Asherville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Asherville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Gilbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Cloud County
- Simpson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth County
- Wilson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Denmark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Sylvan Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Sylvan Grove has also been known as:
- Sylvan Grove Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvan Grove <1>
- Lincoln Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Quartzite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quartzite is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzite
- Milo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Milo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Beverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beverly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Osborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Downs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Osborne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Osborne is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
- Osborne has also been known as:
- Peru
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <1>
- Bloomington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Portis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Portis is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Ottawa County
- Ada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ada is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Lucas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Luray is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Waldo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Waldo is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Former name for Waldo:
- Pleasant Run
- Dorrance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Smith County
- Dispatch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dispatch is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dispatch
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hunter, see our County-by-County Page for Hunter.
Cemeteries Near Hunter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunter.
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 Hunter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hunter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Greenwood Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elm Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spillman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Delhi Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Delhi Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the north of Lucas.
- Pottersburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Trail Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (100 more) ...
- Rosette Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Hunter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hunter.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
- Blue Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
- Victor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Victor is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Cheyenne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
- Cheyenne has also been known as:
- Cheyenne City
- Lucas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Sylvan Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Sylvan Grove has also been known as:
- Sylvan Grove Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvan Grove <1>
- Vesper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vesper is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
- Luray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Luray is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Vincent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Vincent is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Lincoln Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Glen Elder
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Barnard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Solomon Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Solomon Rapids is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Rapids
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hunter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hunter.
Newspapers Published in Hunter ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunter, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hunter.
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 Hunter:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Mitchell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cloud County
- Ellsworth County
- Lincoln County
- Osborne County
- Ottawa County
- Russell County
- Smith 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hunter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hunter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |