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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 Keighley (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 Keighley. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Keighley is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick & Sumner.

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

  • Butler County     (The home county of Keighley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keighley, with the one closest to Keighley listed first.
    • Beaumont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Leon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • 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 <1>
    • Rosalia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Latham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Latham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
      • Latham is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Latham <1>
    • Pontiac
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
      • Pontiac is located in Butler County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pontiac
      • From Keighley to Pontiac
    • Pickrell Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickrell Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickrell Corner
      • Pickrell Corner is located in Butler County
    • Prospect
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Clay Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wingate
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wingate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
      • Wingate is located in Butler County
    • Haverhill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haverhill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
      • Haverhill is located in Butler County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Haverhill
      • From Keighley to Haverhill
    • Bloomington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • El Dorado
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bois d'Arc
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bois d'Arc. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
      • Bois d'Arc is located in Butler County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bois d'Arc
      • From Keighley to Bois d'Arc
  • Cowley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keighley, with the one closest to Keighley listed first.
    • Glen Crouse
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Atlanta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlanta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
      • Atlanta is located in Cowley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <1>
    • Grand Summit
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Cambridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Cambridge is located in Cowley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Wilmot
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Burden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Floral
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Floral. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
      • Floral is located in Cowley County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Floral
      • From Keighley to Floral
    • New Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Akron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Akron. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Akron is located in Cowley County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Akron
      • From Keighley to Akron
  • Elk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keighley, with the one closest to Keighley listed first.
    • Grenola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Fiat
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
      • Fiat is located in Elk County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fiat
      • From Keighley to Fiat
    • Howard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Moline
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moline have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
      • Moline is located in Elk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <1>
    • Cave Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keighley, with the one closest to Keighley listed first.
    • Reece
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Piedmont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • 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 <1>
    • Ivanpah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivanpah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanpah
      • Ivanpah is located in Greenwood County
    • Eureka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <1>
    • Severy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Climax
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Lapland
      (25 miles [40.2 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapland
      • Lapland is located in Greenwood County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lapland
      • From Keighley to Lapland

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

Cemeteries Near Keighley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keighley.

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

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

  • Little Walnut Glencoe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.
  • Brownlow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Butts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butts Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quito Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quito Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quito Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beaumont Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaumont Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaumont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blankenship Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • 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.
  • Leon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Economy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Economy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Economy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bryant Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bryant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Latham Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Latham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Latham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bogle Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bogle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bogle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (85 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Keighley had a population of 104 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Beaumont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Leon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • 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 <1>
  • Latham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Latham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
    • Latham is located in Butler County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Latham <1>
  • Rosalia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pontiac
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • 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.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
    • Pontiac is located in Butler County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Pontiac
    • From Keighley to Pontiac
  • Summit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • 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
  • Wingate
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wingate have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
    • Wingate is located in Butler County
  • Reece
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Haverhill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haverhill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
    • Haverhill is located in Butler County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Haverhill
    • From Keighley to Haverhill
  • Piedmont
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • 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 <1>
  • El Dorado
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Atlanta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlanta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
    • Atlanta is located in Cowley County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <1>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Chelsea ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Ivanpah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivanpah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanpah
      • Ivanpah is located in Greenwood County
    • Augusta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Keighley ...

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 159 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keighley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keighley, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keighley.

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 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 Keighley:

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

The official website for Butler County: www.bucoks.com/

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

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>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>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.
<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>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- Keighley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Keighley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6723, Longitude: -96.6428       In this case, the coordinates for Keighley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Keighley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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