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 Isabel (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 Isabel. 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.
Isabel is located in Barber 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 Barber County: Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt, Alfalfa (OK) & Woods (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Isabel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Isabel:
- Barber County (The home county of Isabel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
- Elm Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Medicine Lodge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mingona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Pixley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Sharon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Former name for Sharon:
- Bible Valley
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Sun City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gerlane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gerlane is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerlane
- Deerhead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deerhead is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhead
- Hazelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Harper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
- Attica
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crisfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
- Duquoin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Kingman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
- Nashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Cunningham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Willowdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Zenda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spivey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Penalosa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Rago
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rago is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Kingman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alameda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alameda is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Kiowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
- Belvidere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Belvidere is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Wellsford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wellsford is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsford
- Pratt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
- Sawyer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Coats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Pratt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Preston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Iuka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iuka is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Cullison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Byers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Byers is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Reno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
- Turon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Turon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Former name for Turon:
- Pioneer City
- Lerado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lerado is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
- Jordan Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Langdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Langdon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Stafford County
- Neola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Isabel, see our County-by-County Page for Isabel.
Cemeteries Near Isabel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Isabel.
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 Isabel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Isabel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
- Isabel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ellenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mumford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. John Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Old Bross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Point Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burgess Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- John Jesse Gravesite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (53 more) ...
- Ruddick Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rural Twp. Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Isabel had a population of 28 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Isabel had a population of 80 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
- Elm Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Nashville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Sawyer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Mingona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Medicine Lodge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cunningham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Zenda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pixley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Coats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Sharon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Former name for Sharon:
- Bible Valley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pratt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Calista ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Calista is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calista
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Isabel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Isabel.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Isabel ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Isabel.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Isabel. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Isabel and those printed in the larger area surrounding Isabel.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Isabel.
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 helpful 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 Isabel:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Barber County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Harper County
- Kingman County
- Kiowa County
- Pratt County
- Reno County
- Stafford 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> | 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 Isabel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Isabel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |