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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 Layton (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 Layton. 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.

Layton is located in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County: Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Osage (OK) & Washington (OK).

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

  • Chautauqua County     (The home county of Layton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Layton, with the one closest to Layton listed first.
    • Osro
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Osro is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
      • Osro has also been known as:
      • Osrow
      • Ozro Falls
      • Ozro
      • Ozrow
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Osro
      • From Layton to Osro
    • Wauneta
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hewins
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hewins is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
    • Gibbs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Vale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rogers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Elgin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
      • Elgin has also been known as:
      • New Elgin
    • Sedan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Chautauqua
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Monett
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Grafton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonesburg ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jonesburg is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
  • Cowley County
  • Elk County
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Layton, with the one closest to Layton listed first.
    • Havana
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Havana is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Caney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Caney is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caney <1>
    • Elk City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Osage County (OK)
  • Washington County (OK)
    • Copan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Copan is located in Washington County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copan <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Layton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Layton.

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 Layton - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Layton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Ozro Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Grant Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rose Dale Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • De Bask Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Moore Prairie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Round Mound Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Vale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Denick Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • District 1 Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (84 more) ...
    • Elgin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rogers Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Creek Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<2>

While we didn't find Layton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Layton.

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

  • Osro
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Osro is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
    • Osro has also been known as:
    • Osrow
    • Ozro Falls
    • Ozro
    • Ozrow
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Osro
    • From Layton to Osro
  • Hewins
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hewins is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
  • Wauneta
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Vale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Elgin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
    • Elgin has also been known as:
    • New Elgin
  • Rogers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Taussig
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Taussig is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taussig
  • Cloverdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cloverdale is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Sedan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hooser
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Chautauqua
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Monett
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Grafton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonesburg ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jonesburg is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
    • Peru
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Peru is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people

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

Newspapers Published in Layton ...

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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Layton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Layton, 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 Layton.

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 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 Layton:

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>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 Layton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Layton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.