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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 Ivanpah (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 Ivanpah. 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.

Ivanpah is located in Greenwood 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 Greenwood County: Butler, Chase, Coffey, Elk, Lyon, Wilson & Woodson.

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

  • Greenwood County     (The home county of Ivanpah)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanpah, with the one closest to Ivanpah listed first.
    • Lapland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lapland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
      • Lapland is located in Greenwood County
    • Reece
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece
      • Reece is located in Greenwood County
    • Eureka
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Greenwood County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,301 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <3>
    • Hamilton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Climax
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Climax have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Greenwood County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Piedmont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
      • Piedmont is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <3>
    • Neal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
      • Neal is located in Greenwood County
    • Severy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severy
      • Severy is located in Greenwood County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Madison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Virgil
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virgil have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
      • Virgil is located in Greenwood County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Lamont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanpah, with the one closest to Ivanpah listed first.
    • Rosalia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Aikman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aikman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikman
      • Aikman is located in Butler County
    • Cassoday
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cassoday have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassoday
      • Cassoday is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cassoday <3>
    • Pontiac
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pontiac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
      • Pontiac is located in Butler County
    • Chelsea ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chelsea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
      • Chelsea is located in Butler County
    • Beaumont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Keighley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keighley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
      • Keighley is located in Butler County
    • Prospect
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
      • Prospect is located in Butler County
    • Leon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
      • Leon has also been known as:
      • West Leon
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <3>
    • De Graff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for De Graff. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
      • De Graff is located in Butler County
    • El Dorado
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hopkins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hopkins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
      • Hopkins is located in Butler County
  • Chase County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanpah, with the one closest to Ivanpah listed first.
    • Matfield Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wonsevu
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wonsevu. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonsevu
      • Wonsevu is located in Chase County
    • Bazaar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazaar
      • Bazaar is located in Chase County
    • Gladstone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
      • Gladstone is located in Chase County
  • Elk County
    • Fiat
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fiat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
      • Fiat is located in Elk County
  • Lyon County
    • Olpe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olpe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olpe
      • Olpe is located in Lyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olpe <3>
  • Marion County
    • Burns
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burns have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
      • Burns is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Woodson County
    • Toronto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toronto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
      • Toronto is located in Woodson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toronto <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Ivanpah ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ivanpah.

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

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

  • Ladd Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ladd Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ladd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Reece Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Blankenship Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blankenship Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blankenship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • High Prairie Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cassoday Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cassoday Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cassoday Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pontiac Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Star Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Star Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Homer Creek Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Homer Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Homer Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Little Walnut Glencoe Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (74 more) ...
    • Stewart Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stewart Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Stewart Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Prairie Chapel Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Chelsea Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chelsea Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chelsea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ivanpah had a population of 28 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Summit
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Summit is located in Butler County
  • Reece
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece
    • Reece is located in Greenwood County
  • Lapland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lapland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
    • Lapland is located in Greenwood County
  • Rosalia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eureka
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Greenwood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,301 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <3>
  • Thrall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thrall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
    • Thrall is located in Greenwood County
  • Pontiac
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pontiac. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
    • Pontiac is located in Butler County
  • Utopia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Utopia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
    • Utopia is located in Greenwood County
  • Chelsea ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chelsea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
    • Chelsea is located in Butler County
  • Beaumont
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Tonovay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tonovay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonovay
    • Tonovay is located in Greenwood County
  • Keighley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keighley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
    • Keighley is located in Butler County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Matfield Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Climax
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Climax have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Greenwood County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Hamilton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Ivanpah ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ivanpah.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ivanpah, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ivanpah.

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 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 Ivanpah:

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

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Ivanpah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ivanpah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ivanpah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8981, Longitude: -96.4825       In this case, the coordinates for Ivanpah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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