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 Kennekuk (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 Kennekuk. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Kennekuk is located in Atchison County.
To see how the shape of Kansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Atchison County: Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Buchanan (MO) & Platte (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Kennekuk. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kennekuk:
- Atchison County (The home county of Kennekuk)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Muscotah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Huron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Effingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Monrovia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Arrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Farmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Cummings
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Atchison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Potter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Port Williams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Horton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Everest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Mercier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Baker ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Powhattan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Robinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Hiawatha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Padonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Sun Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Springs is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
- Doniphan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Purcell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Denton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Severance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Bendena
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Brenner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Doniphan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Fanning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Sparks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Whiting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Netawaka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Larkinburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Holton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denison
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Birmingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Circleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mayetta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Soldier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hoyt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Half Mound
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Nortonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Valley Falls has also been known as:
- Sautrelle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Falls <1>
- Boyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Dunavant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Lake Shore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Ozawkie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Easton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Lowemont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Nemaha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Granada
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Wetmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Capioma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- Woodlawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Sabetha
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Goff
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goff is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Berwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Oneida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oneida is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Kelly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- America City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- America City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America City
- Corning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Lewis and Clark Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Rushville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- De Kalb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Forbes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Forest City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fortescue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Big Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Oregon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Preston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Rulo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
- Falls City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kennekuk, see our County-by-County Page for Kennekuk.
Cemeteries Near Kennekuk ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kennekuk.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Kennekuk - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kennekuk covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Kennekuk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kennekuk Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Leo's Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Horton Municipal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brush Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- All Saints Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chain Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Muscotah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Page Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kennekuk had a population of 119 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kennekuk, with the one closest to Kennekuk listed first.
- Horton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Everest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Muscotah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Whiting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Huron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Baker ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Purcell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Effingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Powhattan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Monrovia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Netawaka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Arrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Robinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kennekuk. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kennekuk.
Newspapers Published in Kennekuk ...
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 210 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kennekuk.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kennekuk, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kennekuk.
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 websites either 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 Kennekuk:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Atchison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Nemaha County
- Buchanan County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Richardson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Kennekuk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Kennekuk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |