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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 Kismet (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 Kismet. 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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Kismet is located in Seward 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 Seward County: Haskell, Meade, Stevens, Beaver (OK) & Texas (OK).

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

  • Seward County     (The home county of Kismet)
    • Liberal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kismet, with the one closest to Kismet listed first.
    • Copeland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Montezuma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kismet, with the one closest to Kismet listed first.
    • Sublette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Satanta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Satanta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satanta
      • Satanta is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,121 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Satanta <1>
  • Meade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kismet, with the one closest to Kismet listed first.
    • Plains
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
      • Plains is located in Meade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <1>
    • Meade
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
      • Meade is located in Meade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
      • Meade has also been known as:
      • Meade City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meade <1>
    • Fowler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
      • Fowler is located in Meade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fowler <1>
  • Stevens County
    • Moscow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Stevens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
      • Former name for Moscow:
      • Mosco
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
  • Beaver County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kismet, with the one closest to Kismet listed first.
    • Forgan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forgan
      • Forgan is located in Beaver County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forgan <1>
    • Floris
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floris have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
      • Floris is located in Beaver County (OK)
    • Turpin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Beaver
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
      • Beaver is located in Beaver County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <1>
  • Texas County (OK)
    • Tyrone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyrone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
      • Tyrone is located in Texas County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyrone <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kismet ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kismet.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kismet. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kismet and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kismet.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Kismet.

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 Kismet:

Cemeteries Near Kismet ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kismet.

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

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

  • Mennonite Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mennonite Cemetery
  • Arkalon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • West Glendale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Glendale Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northwest of Kismet.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Glendale Cemetery
  • Springfield Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Biller Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Biller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Biller Cemetery
  • Banner Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Atwater Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atwater Cemetery
  • Seward Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seward Cemetery
  • Mertilla Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mertilla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mertilla Cemetery
  • Liberal Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberal Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Liberal.
    • The Liberal Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Liberal Memorial Cemetery
    • Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberal Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92883 <4>
  • Union Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Turpin Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turpin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turpin Cemetery
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Midway Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Midway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Midway Cemetery
    • Forgan Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forgan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forgan Cemetery
    • Stone School Lutheran Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)

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 in 1895, Kismet had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Kismet had a population of 423 people.

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

  • Arkalon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arkalon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkalon
    • Arkalon is located in Seward County
  • Plains
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
    • Plains is located in Meade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <1>
  • Liberal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Missler
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missler
    • Missler is located in Meade County
  • Meade
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
    • Meade is located in Meade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
    • Meade has also been known as:
    • Meade City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meade <1>
  • Beaver
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Beaver is located in Beaver County (OK)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <1>
  • Moscow
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Moscow is located in Stevens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Former name for Moscow:
    • Mosco
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>

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

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

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Kismet) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kismet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2051, Longitude: -100.7015    
<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 Kismet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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