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 Le Loup (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 Le Loup. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Le Loup is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Johnson, Linn, Miami & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Le Loup. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Le Loup:
- Franklin County (The home county of Le Loup)
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Wellsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Norwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Peoria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Ottawa Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Junction
- Imes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Ottawa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rantoul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Centropolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Centropolis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centropolis
- B N Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- B N Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B N Junction
- Richter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Richter is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richter
- Princeton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pomona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Homewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Homewood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Greeley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Scipio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Garnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glenlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glenlock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlock
- Harris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Coffey County
- Agricola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Agricola is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Baldwin City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Clearfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clearfield is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Vinland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
- Worden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Sibleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sibleyville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyville
- Hesper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hesper is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Globe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Lone Star
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Star is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Eudora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Noria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Noria is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noria
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Buck Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Medina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Medina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Edgerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gardner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clare
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Spring Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Clearview City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- De Soto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Olathe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stilwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Monticello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Wilder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilder is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Zarah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Zarah is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zarah
- Lenexa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Overland Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Fall Leaf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Linwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- 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
- Loring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Tonganoxie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Parker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Cadmus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Goodrich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Stanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Hillsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Osawatomie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chiles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chiles is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Somerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bucyrus
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Block
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Fontana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Louisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Wea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wea is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- New Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Quenemo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Quenemo is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quenemo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Quenemo has also been known as:
- Quenemo Agency
- Overbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vassar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Melvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melvern is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
- Melvern has also been known as:
- Melvin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvern <1>
- Lyndon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Carbondale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carbondale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
- Mineral Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Shawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Richland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Watson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Berryton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Wyandotte County
- Bonner Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cass County (MO)
- Cleveland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cleveland is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Le Loup, see our County-by-County Page for Le Loup.
Cemeteries Near Le Loup ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Le Loup.
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 Le Loup - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Le Loup covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Wellsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa Indian Mission Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Black Jack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peoria Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (211 more) ...
- Howard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Le Loup had a population of 82 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Le Loup, with the one closest to Le Loup listed first.
- Wellsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Norwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Baldwin City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Peoria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Ottawa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Imes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Edgerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clearfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clearfield is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Rantoul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Vinland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
- Centropolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Centropolis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centropolis
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Stanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Worden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Le Loup. See our List of 1890's Communities around Le Loup.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Le Loup ...
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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Le Loup.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Le Loup. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Le Loup and those printed in the larger area surrounding Le Loup.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Le Loup.
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 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 Le Loup:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Coffey County
- Douglas County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Linn County
- Miami County
- Osage County
- Shawnee County
- Wyandotte County
- Cass 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Le Loup) 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 Le Loup, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |