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 Lone Star (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 Lone Star. 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.
Lone Star is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Osage & Shawnee.
Below are the counties that are near Lone Star. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lone Star:
- Douglas County (The home county of Lone Star)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Clinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Worden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Worden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Globe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Globe is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Kanwaka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kanwaka is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanwaka
- Kanwaka has also been known as:
- Kanawha
- Kannaka
- Kanwaca
- Sibleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sibleyville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyville
- Lawrence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vinland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
- Stull
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stull is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stull
- Bismarck Grove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bismarck Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck Grove
- Noria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Noria is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noria
- Baldwin City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Centropolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Centropolis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centropolis
- Norwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Le Loup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Le Loup is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Loup
- Ottawa Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ottawa Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Junction
- Richter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Richter is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richter
- Wellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pomona
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- B N Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- B N Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B N Junction
- Imes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Peoria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Homewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Homewood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Buck Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Williamstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Perry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Medina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Medina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Newman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Newman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
- Thompsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Grantville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Lake Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Lakeside Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Hilldale South
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hilldale South is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale South
- Hilldale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hilldale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- McLouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Clearview City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- Edgerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- De Soto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gardner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clare
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Monticello is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Olathe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilder is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Spring Hill
(29 miles [46.7 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>
- Zarah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Zarah is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zarah
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Fall Leaf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Linwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Tonganoxie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Jarbalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Hoge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- Basehor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Stanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Hillsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Overbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Carbondale
(18 miles [29 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
- Vassar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quenemo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Scranton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lyndon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burlingame
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burlingame is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Former name for Burlingame:
- American Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlingame <1>
- Peterton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peterton is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterton
- Melvern
(29 miles [46.7 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>
- Osage City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Watson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Berryton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Berryton is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Spencer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Tecumseh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Cullen Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cullen Village is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen Village
- Pauline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pauline is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauline
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- North Topeka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Topeka is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Topeka
- Topeka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,203 people
- Wyandotte County
- Bonner Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lone Star, see our County-by-County Page for Lone Star.
Cemeteries Near Lone Star ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lone Star.
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 Lone Star - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lone Star covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Washington Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Richland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clinton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. John's Friedhof
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Friedhof
- The St. John's Friedhof has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Ulrich Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Worden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brumbaugh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Twin Mounds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dodder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sutton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Lone Star in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lone Star.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lone Star, with the one closest to Lone Star listed first.
- Clinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Worden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Worden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Globe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Globe is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Lawrence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vinland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
- Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Centropolis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Centropolis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centropolis
- Baldwin City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swissvale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Swissvale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
- Overbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Big Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Buck Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Williamstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Williamstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lone Star. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lone Star.
Newspapers Published in Lone Star ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Star.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lone Star, 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 Lone Star.
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 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 Lone Star:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Douglas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Miami County
- Osage County
- Shawnee County
- Wyandotte 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' (or 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- Lone Star) 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 Lone Star, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |