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 Jamestown (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 Jamestown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Jamestown is located in Cloud 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 Cloud County: Clay, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Ottawa, Republic & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Jamestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jamestown:
- Cloud County (The home county of Jamestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Oneonta ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oneonta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
- Oneonta is located in Cloud County
- Yuma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yuma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
- Yuma is located in Cloud County
- Macyville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
- Macyville is located in Cloud County
- Concordia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook is located in Cloud County
- Huscher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huscher
- Huscher is located in Cloud County
- Simpson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simpson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Simpson is located in Cloud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simpson <3>
- Rice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Rice is located in Cloud County
- Glasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
- Glasco is located in Cloud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
- Former names for Glasco:
- Dell Ray
- Glasgow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <3>
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Cloud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Ames
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Ames is located in Cloud County
- Clyde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Clyde is located in Cloud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <3>
- Clay County
- Vining
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vining have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Vining is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Jewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Randall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Randall is located in Jewell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Formoso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
- Formoso is located in Jewell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Jewell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Jewell is located in Jewell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Montrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Montrose is located in Jewell County
- Former name for Montrose:
- Delta
- Mankato
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Webber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webber have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber
- Webber is located in Jewell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webber <3>
- Burr Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Barnard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Milo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Milo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Milo is located in Lincoln County
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Scottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Asherville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Asherville is located in Mitchell County
- Beloit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beloit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
- Beloit is located in Mitchell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beloit <3>
- Glen Elder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Delphos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Delphos is located in Ottawa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Lamar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lamar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Lamar is located in Ottawa County
- Ada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Ada is located in Ottawa County
- Republic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Kackley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kackley
- Kackley is located in Republic County
- Norway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Norway is located in Republic County
- Courtland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Scandia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandia
- Scandia is located in Republic County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scandia <3>
- Sherdahl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sherdahl. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherdahl
- Sherdahl is located in Republic County
- Belleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Belleville is located in Republic County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belleville <3>
- White Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for White Rock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- White Rock is located in Republic County
- Republic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Republic is located in Republic County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Agenda
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agenda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
- Agenda is located in Republic County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Cuba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Republic County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <3>
- Munden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munden
- Munden is located in Republic County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Washington County
- Brantford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brantford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantford
- Brantford is located in Washington County
- Nuckolls County (NE)
- Hardy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Thayer County (NE)
- Byron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jamestown, see our County-by-County Page for Jamestown.
Cemeteries Near Jamestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jamestown.
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 Jamestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Jamestown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jamestown Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jamestown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Summit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Scottsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakdale Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hope Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Branch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Cemetery
- The Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Morrison Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrison Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hefner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hefner Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hefner Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2612416 <4>
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- Nelson Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nelson Family Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Nelson Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- The Nelson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Swedish Cemetery
- West Asher Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Asher Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Asher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sibley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sibley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sibley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 Jamestown had a population of 372 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Jamestown had a population of 258 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Oneonta ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oneonta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
- Oneonta is located in Cloud County
- Scottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Yuma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yuma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
- Yuma is located in Cloud County
- Kackley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kackley
- Kackley is located in Republic County
- Macyville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
- Macyville is located in Cloud County
- Norway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Norway is located in Republic County
- Randall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Randall is located in Jewell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Concordia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Courtland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Asherville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Asherville is located in Mitchell County
- Formoso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
- Formoso is located in Jewell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Scandia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scandia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandia
- Scandia is located in Republic County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scandia <3>
- Simpson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simpson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Simpson is located in Cloud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simpson <3>
- Talmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Talmo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
- Talmo is located in Republic County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jamestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jamestown.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Jamestown ...
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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jamestown.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Jamestown. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Jamestown and those printed in the larger area surrounding Jamestown.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Jamestown.
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 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 Jamestown:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Cloud County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Jewell County
- Lincoln County
- Mitchell County
- Ottawa County
- Republic County
- Washington County
- Nuckolls County
- Thayer County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jamestown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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> | 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. |
<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 Jamestown, 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- Jamestown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jamestown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5995, Longitude: -97.8613 In this case, the coordinates for Jamestown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |