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 Lovewell (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 Lovewell. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Lovewell is located in Jewell 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 Jewell County: Cloud, Mitchell, Osborne, Republic, Smith, Nuckolls (NE) & Webster (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Lovewell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lovewell:
- Jewell County (The home county of Lovewell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovewell, with the one closest to Lovewell listed first.
- Webber
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Formoso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Formoso is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Montrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Former name for Montrose:
- Delta
- Mankato
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Randall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Randall is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Jewell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Burr Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Burr Oak is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Esbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cloud County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovewell, with the one closest to Lovewell listed first.
- Oneonta ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oneonta is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Yuma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yuma is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
- Concordia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Macyville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Macyville is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
- Cook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cook is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Rice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rice is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovewell, with the one closest to Lovewell listed first.
- Scottsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Gilbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Beloit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glen Elder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Republic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovewell, with the one closest to Lovewell listed first.
- White Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Courtland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherdahl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sherdahl is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherdahl
- Republic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Republic is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Scandia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kackley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kackley is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kackley
- Norway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norway is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Belleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Munden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Munden is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Cuba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Narka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Narka is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Smith County
- Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nuckolls County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovewell, with the one closest to Lovewell listed first.
- Hardy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Superior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nora is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
- Ruskin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nelson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oak is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak <1>
- Angus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Nuckolls County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Thayer County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovewell, with the one closest to Lovewell listed first.
- Byron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deshler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stoddard ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stoddard is located in Thayer County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Hubbell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webster County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovewell, with the one closest to Lovewell listed first.
- Guide Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee Village is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
- Amboy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amboy is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lovewell, see our County-by-County Page for Lovewell.
Cemeteries Near Lovewell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lovewell.
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 Lovewell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lovewell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lovewell, with the one closest to Lovewell listed first.
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Switzers Gap Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- White Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Balch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Persinger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White Rock Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Webber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Delta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Courtland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gritten Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- Rose Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montana Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Lovewell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lovewell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lovewell, with the one closest to Lovewell listed first.
- White Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Webber
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Formoso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Formoso is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Montrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Former name for Montrose:
- Delta
- Courtland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherdahl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sherdahl is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherdahl
- Republic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Republic is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Warwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warwick is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Hardy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Superior
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scandia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mankato
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kackley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kackley is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kackley
- Byron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Randall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Randall is located in Jewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lovewell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lovewell.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lovewell ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lovewell.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lovewell. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lovewell and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lovewell.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Lovewell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lovewell:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Jewell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cloud County
- Mitchell County
- Republic County
- Smith County
- Nuckolls County
- Thayer County
- Webster 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> | 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 Lovewell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lovewell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |