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 Kincaid (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 Kincaid. 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.
Kincaid is located in Anderson 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 Anderson County: Allen, Bourbon, Coffey, Franklin, Linn, Miami & Woodson.
Below are the counties that are near Kincaid. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kincaid:
- Anderson County (The home county of Kincaid)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Selma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Lone Elm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Bush City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Welda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Welda is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda
- Colony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Garnett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mont Ida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mont Ida is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Ida
- Central City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Central City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Former name for Central City:
- Jerome
- Central City has also been known as:
- Central
- Glenlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Glenlock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlock
- Greeley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westphalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westphalia is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Scipio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scipio is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Harris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Mildred
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mildred is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
- Bayard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Moran
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- La Harpe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carlyle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carlyle is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyle
- Gas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gas is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Iola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Geneva
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Geneva is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Elsmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Savonburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Humboldt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Leanna is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Xenia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Bronson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mapleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Berlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Uniontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Devon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Redfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Marmaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Porterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Hammond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Coffey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Aliceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aliceville is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceville
- Le Roy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- Hepler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hepler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Richmond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Blue Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Critzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Goodrich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Mound City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Parker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Cadmus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Pleasanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Prescott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Boicourt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- La Cygne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Fontana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Osawatomie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Odense
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
- Stark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Woodson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Neosho Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Neosho Falls is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Piqua
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Cookville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cookville is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Hasty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hasty is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kincaid, see our County-by-County Page for Kincaid.
Cemeteries Near Kincaid ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kincaid.
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 Kincaid - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kincaid covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Kincaid Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Osage Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Osage Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Elm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gillham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sunny Slope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ozark Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Boulware Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (171 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Kincaid had a population of 284 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Kincaid had a population of 119 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kincaid, with the one closest to Kincaid listed first.
- Selma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Lone Elm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Bayard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Blue Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bush City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Welda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Welda is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda
- Xenia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Moran
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Colony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- La Harpe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bronson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Critzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Garnett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mont Ida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mont Ida is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Ida
- Mapleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kincaid. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kincaid.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kincaid ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kincaid.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kincaid. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kincaid and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kincaid.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Kincaid.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Kincaid:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Anderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Bourbon County
- Coffey County
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Linn County
- Miami County
- Neosho County
- Woodson 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 Kincaid, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kincaid) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |