RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Kansas >> Reno County >> Jordan Springs >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Kansas

The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas





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 Jordan Springs (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 Jordan Springs. 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.

Name Variations for Jordan Springs ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Jordan Springs: Jordan Spgs. (or less commonly used: Jordan Spngs. or Jordan Sprngs.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Jordan Springs is located in Reno 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 Reno County: Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Pratt, Rice, Sedgwick & Stafford.

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

  • Reno County     (The home county of Jordan Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jordan Springs, with the one closest to Jordan Springs listed first.
    • Langdon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Turon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
      • Turon is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
      • Former name for Turon:
      • Pioneer City
    • Lerado
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lerado. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
      • Lerado is located in Reno County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lerado
      • From Jordan Springs to Lerado
    • Sylvia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Plevna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Arlington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Arlington is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <3>
    • Abbyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbyville
      • Abbyville is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Huntsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Partridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pretty Prairie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Prairie
      • Pretty Prairie is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pretty Prairie <3>
    • Charters Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Barber County
    • Isabel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
      • Isabel is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Kingman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jordan Springs, with the one closest to Jordan Springs listed first.
    • Penalosa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cunningham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
      • Cunningham is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Kingman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Willowdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Alameda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alameda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
      • Alameda is located in Kingman County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Alameda
      • From Jordan Springs to Alameda
    • Nashville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Zenda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zenda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
      • Zenda is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zenda <3>
    • Murdock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murdock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
      • Murdock is located in Kingman County
    • Belmont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Spivey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rago
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rago have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
      • Rago is located in Kingman County
  • Pratt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jordan Springs, with the one closest to Jordan Springs listed first.
    • Preston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cairo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Natrona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Natrona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
      • Natrona is located in Pratt County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Natrona
      • From Jordan Springs to Natrona
    • Iuka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iuka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
      • Iuka is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Pratt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sawyer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Byers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
      • Byers is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
  • Rice County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jordan Springs, with the one closest to Jordan Springs listed first.
    • Sterling
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Alden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
      • Alden is located in Rice County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alden <3>
  • Stafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jordan Springs, with the one closest to Jordan Springs listed first.
    • Neola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
      • Neola is located in Stafford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Neola
      • From Jordan Springs to Neola
    • Stafford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hudson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Hudson is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
    • Saint John
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
      • Saint John is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint John <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Jordan Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jordan Springs.

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

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

  • Langdon Maple Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langdon Maple Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langdon Maple Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lerado Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Turin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Glendale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glendale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glendale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bainum Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Langdon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Langdon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Langdon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Neola Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neola Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sylvia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sylvia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sylvia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dresden Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dresden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dresden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hazen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hazen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hazen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (81 more) ...
    • Sego Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sego Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sego Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pleven Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleven Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Arlington Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arlington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arlington 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.<6>

While we didn't find Jordan Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jordan Springs.

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

  • Langdon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Turon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
    • Turon is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
    • Former name for Turon:
    • Pioneer City
  • Lerado
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lerado. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
    • Lerado is located in Reno County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lerado
    • From Jordan Springs to Lerado
  • Penalosa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Neola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
    • Neola is located in Stafford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Neola
    • From Jordan Springs to Neola
  • Sylvia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Arlington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Arlington is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <3>
  • Plevna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Preston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cunningham
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
    • Cunningham is located in Kingman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
  • Calista ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calista
    • Calista is located in Kingman County
  • Abbyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbyville
    • Abbyville is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Jordan Springs ...

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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jordan Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jordan Springs, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jordan Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Jordan Springs:

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

The official website for Reno County: www.rngov.reno.ks.us/

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>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- Jordan Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jordan Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8244, Longitude: -98.3554    
<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 Jordan Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 28 Apr 2025