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 Lake Shore (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 Lake Shore. 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.
Lake Shore is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Atchison, Douglas, Jackson, Leavenworth & Shawnee.
Below are the counties that are near Lake Shore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Shore:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Lake Shore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Ozawkie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Indian Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Lakeside Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeside Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- West Shore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Shore
- Hilldale South
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilldale South is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale South
- Hilldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilldale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Lake Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Oskaloosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dunavant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Rock Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Valley Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Arrington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Cummings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Effingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Monrovia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Potter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Muscotah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Lancaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Port Williams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Oak Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Atchison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Everest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Horton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Doniphan County
- Purcell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Grover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Lecompton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Big Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Big Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Midland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Kanwaka
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kanwaka is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanwaka
- Kanwaka has also been known as:
- Kanawha
- Kannaka
- Kanwaca
- Stull
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stull is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stull
- Lawrence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bismarck Grove ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bismarck Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck Grove
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Noria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Noria is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noria
- Lone Star
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Eudora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Denison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoyt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Birmingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Larkinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Mayetta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Delia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Delia is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Circleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Netawaka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Johnson County
- Clearview City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Springdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Easton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Jarbalo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Tonganoxie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lowemont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Hoge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- Fall Leaf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Basehor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairmount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount has also been known as:
- Fairmont Village
- Leavenworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kickapoo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Linwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Linwood has also been known as:
- Big Stranger
- Johnny Cake
- Journeycake
- Shawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Spencer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Tecumseh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Topeka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Topeka is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Topeka
- Watson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Watson is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Highland Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Topeka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kiro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kiro is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiro
- Berryton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Berryton is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Pauline
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pauline is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauline
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Cullen Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cullen Village is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen Village
- Wyandotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Wallula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
- Piper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Buchanan County (MO)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Iatan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Sugar Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Stillings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stillings is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- East Leavenworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- Weston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Shore, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Shore.
Cemeteries Near Lake Shore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Shore.
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 Lake Shore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Shore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Ozawkie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozawkie Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ozawkie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Ozawkie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #828264 <3>
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Farrar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Plum Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Meriden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buster Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
- The Bloomfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Paul United Brethren Cemetery
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Lake Shore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Shore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Shore, with the one closest to Lake Shore listed first.
- Ozawkie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oskaloosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dunavant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Rock Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Valley Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Meriden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thompsonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Newman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
- Medina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Medina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Perry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Grover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- McLouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nortonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Shore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Shore.
Newspapers Published in Lake Shore ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Shore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Shore, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Shore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Lake Shore:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Douglas County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Shawnee County
- Wyandotte County
- Buchanan County
- Platte 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lake Shore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Lake Shore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |