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 Louisburg (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 Louisburg. 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.
Name Variations for Louisburg ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
A past name for Louisburg: New Saint Lewis.
Another variation: Louisburgh.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Louisburg. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Louisburg.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Louisburg is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Anderson, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Linn, Bates (MO) & Cass (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Louisburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Louisburg:
- Miami County (The home county of Louisburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Somerset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chiles
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chiles is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Wea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wea is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Bucyrus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Hillsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Block
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Paola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Jingo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Fontana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Osawatomie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Anderson County
- Greeley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Clearfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Hesper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hesper is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Baldwin City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vinland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Wellsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rantoul
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Lane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Imes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Peoria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Le Loup
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Le Loup is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Loup
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Stilwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Spring Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Clare
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Gardner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Olathe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Overland Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edgerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leawood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lenexa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prairie Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Countryside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Fairway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Merriam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leavenworth County
- Loring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Linn Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- La Cygne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cadmus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Boicourt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Parker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Goodrich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Pleasanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wyandotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Argentine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Morris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Bates County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Drexel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Merwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Merwin is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Burdett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burdett is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Amsterdam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Adrian
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Amoret
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Amoret is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Passaic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Passaic is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Worland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Worland is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Cass County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- West Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Line is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Cleveland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Freeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Annette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Annette is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Riverview Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Peculiar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Main City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Main City is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
- Harrelson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Loch Lloyd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Belton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Raymore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jackson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Martin City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Belvidere
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- New Santa Fe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Grandview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Holmes Park is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Park
- Holmes Park has also been known as:
- Holmes
- Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Greenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Unity Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Raytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Blue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Cockrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cockrell is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Louisburg, see our County-by-County Page for Louisburg.
Cemeteries Near Louisburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Louisburg.
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 Louisburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Louisburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Louisburg Cemetery - New
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Louisburg Cemetery - Old
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cashman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson - Raymer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Herman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hodges Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Settle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwild Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Miami Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wea Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wag staff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Louisburg had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Louisburg had a population of 4,590 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Louisburg, with the one closest to Louisburg listed first.
- Somerset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Line is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Chiles
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chiles is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Wea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wea is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Wagstaff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wagstaff is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagstaff
- Bucyrus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Lisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lisle is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisle
- Drexel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freeman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stilwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Hillsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Paola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Block
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Jaudon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jaudon is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaudon
- New Lancaster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Louisburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Louisburg.
Newspapers Published in Louisburg ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Louisburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Louisburg, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Louisburg.
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 Louisburg:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Linn County
- Wyandotte County
- Bates County
- Cass County
- Jackson 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 Louisburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Louisburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |