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 Leoville (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 Leoville. 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.
Leoville is located in Decatur 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 Decatur County: Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas, Furnas (NE) & Red Willow (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Leoville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leoville:
- Decatur County (The home county of Leoville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leoville, with the one closest to Leoville listed first.
- Dresden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allison ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Allison is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Jennings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jennings is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Kanona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kanona is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanona
- Oberlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Norcatur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norcatur is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Traer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Traer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traer
- Lyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lyle is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle
- Graham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leoville, with the one closest to Leoville listed first.
- Morland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Penokee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Penokee is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penokee
- Norton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leoville, with the one closest to Leoville listed first.
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Lenora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dellvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dellvale is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
- Rockwell City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwell City is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell City
- Oronoque
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oronoque is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
- Rawlins County
- Herndon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Herndon is located in Rawlins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Sheridan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leoville, with the one closest to Leoville listed first.
- Selden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Selden is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Hoxie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Studley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Studley is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studley
- Thomas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leoville, with the one closest to Leoville listed first.
- Rexford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Menlo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Menlo is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Gem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gem is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leoville, see our County-by-County Page for Leoville.
Cemeteries Near Leoville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leoville.
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 Leoville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leoville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leoville, with the one closest to Leoville listed first.
- Dresden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shibboleth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Selden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lund Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jennings Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allison Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Timber Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkeye Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (53 more) ...
- Hoxie Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lucerne Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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 Leoville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leoville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leoville, with the one closest to Leoville listed first.
- Dresden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Selden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Selden is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Allison ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Allison is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Jennings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jennings is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Hoxie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lucerne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Kanona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kanona is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanona
- Rexford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oberlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Seguin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Seguin is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seguin
- Tasco
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tasco is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasco
- New Almelo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Almelo is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Almelo
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Menlo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Menlo is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Achilles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Achilles is located in Rawlins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Achilles
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leoville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leoville.
Newspapers Published in Leoville ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leoville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leoville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leoville.
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 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 Leoville:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Decatur County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Graham County
- Norton County
- Rawlins County
- Sheridan County
- Thomas 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leoville) 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 Leoville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |