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 La Cygne Corner (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 La Cygne Corner. 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 La Cygne Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for La Cygne Corner: La Cygne Cor. (or less commonly used: La Cygne Crn.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
La Cygne Corner is located in Linn 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 Linn County: Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Franklin, Miami, Bates (MO) & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near La Cygne Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to La Cygne Corner:
- Linn County (The home county of La Cygne Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Linn Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- La Cygne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boicourt
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Pleasanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cadmus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Mound City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Goodrich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Prescott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Critzer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Blue Mound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Greeley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bush City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Selma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Scipio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Scipio is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Garnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Fulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mapleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Hammond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Xenia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Devon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Lane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Rantoul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Imes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Peoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Spring Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
- Spring Hill has also been known as:
- Spring Hill Station
- Springfield
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <1>
- Stilwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Jingo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- New Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Fontana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Block
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Somerset
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Osawatomie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Paola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Louisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <1>
- Chiles
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chiles is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Hillsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Stanton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Wea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wea is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Bucyrus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Bates County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Amsterdam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Merwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merwin is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Amoret
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amoret is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Drexel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Worland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worland is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Burdett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burdett is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Foster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Foster is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Nyhart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nyhart is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyhart
- Passaic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Passaic is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- New Home
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Home is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Adrian
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hume
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Butler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cass County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Main City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Main City is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
- Archie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Line
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Line is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Freeman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cleveland is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Austin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Lake Annette
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Annette is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Harrisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peculiar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Harrelson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Garden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Stotesbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Metz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Metz is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Richards
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Horton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Horton is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to La Cygne Corner, see our County-by-County Page for La Cygne Corner.
Cemeteries Near La Cygne Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of La Cygne Corner.
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 La Cygne Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for La Cygne Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Ninety Six Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sway Back Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jingo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Point Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Merwin (MO).
- The West Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amsterdam Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32222 <2>
- Trading Post Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Richland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hays Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Forbes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rockville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Green Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find La Cygne Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of La Cygne Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from La Cygne Corner, with the one closest to La Cygne Corner listed first.
- Jingo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Amsterdam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- La Cygne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boicourt
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Trading Post
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trading Post is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Post
- Merwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merwin is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Amoret
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amoret is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Mulberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- New Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Fontana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Pleasanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Worland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worland is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Virginia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
- Drexel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cadmus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around La Cygne Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around La Cygne Corner.
Newspapers Published in La Cygne Corner ...
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 169 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Cygne Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of La Cygne Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for La Cygne Corner.
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 La Cygne Corner:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Linn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Bourbon County
- Franklin County
- Johnson County
- Miami County
- Bates County
- Cass County
- Vernon 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- La Cygne Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 La Cygne Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |