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 Leona (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 Leona. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Leona is located in Doniphan 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 Doniphan County: Atchison, Brown, Andrew (MO), Buchanan (MO), Holt (MO) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Leona. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leona:
- Doniphan County (The home county of Leona)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Severance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Denton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Purcell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Bendena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Sparks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Fanning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Iowa Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Brenner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- White Cloud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- White Cloud is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Blair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Huron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Lancaster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Effingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Monrovia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Atchison
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Muscotah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Cummings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Arrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Potter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Port Williams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Robinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Everest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Hiawatha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Horton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baker ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Padonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Mercier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Powhattan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Hamlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Reserve
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sun Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sun Springs is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Whiting
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Netawaka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Larkinburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Holton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Nortonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Half Mound
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Boyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Nemaha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Granada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Capioma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- Sabetha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wetmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Berwick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Berwick is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Andrew County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Nodaway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Amazonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Fillmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Country Club
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Savannah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Rushville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Saint Joseph
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- De Kalb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Matney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Willow Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Saxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Faucett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Forbes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Forest City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oregon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fortescue
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Big Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Bigelow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- New Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Point is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Craig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Rulo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
- Preston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Falls City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arago ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Arago is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Straussville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Straussville is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straussville
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leona, see our County-by-County Page for Leona.
Cemeteries Near Leona ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leona.
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 Leona - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leona covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Wolf River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Upper Wolf Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Denton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bitner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vickery Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kimberlin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burrell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Page Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Leona had a population of 171 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Leona had a population of 50 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leona, with the one closest to Leona listed first.
- Denton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Severance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Purcell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Bendena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Sparks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Everest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fanning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Willis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Huron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Iowa Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Brenner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Hiawatha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leona. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leona.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Leona ...
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 187 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leona.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Leona. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Leona and those printed in the larger area surrounding Leona.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Leona.
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 Leona:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Doniphan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Nemaha County
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Richardson 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> | 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 Leona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |