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 Lucerne (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 Lucerne. 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 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.
Lucerne is located in Sheridan 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 Sheridan County: Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton & Thomas.
Below are the counties that are near Lucerne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lucerne:
- Sheridan County (The home county of Lucerne)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Studley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Studley is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studley
- Hoxie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Selden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Selden is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Allison ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allison is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Jennings
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jennings is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leoville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leoville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoville
- Norcatur
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Norcatur is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Kanona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kanona is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanona
- Oberlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gove County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Park is located in Gove County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Quinter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grainfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Morland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Penokee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Penokee is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penokee
- Smithfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Smithfield is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Hill City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roscoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Roscoe is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Saint Peter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Peter is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
- Bogue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bogue is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Bogue has also been known as:
- Wildhorse
- Norton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Lenora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Dellvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dellvale is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
- Edmond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edmond is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Edmond has also been known as:
- Edmond City
- Oronoque
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oronoque is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
- Rockwell City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rockwell City is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell City
- Densmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Densmore is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Densmore
- Norton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Rexford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Menlo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Menlo is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lucerne, see our County-by-County Page for Lucerne.
Cemeteries Near Lucerne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lucerne.
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 Lucerne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lucerne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Lucerne Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bow Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Allison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Adell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Studley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Star Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lenora South Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jennings Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (53 more) ...
- Lenora East Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gettis Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dresden Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lucerne had a population of 29 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lucerne, with the one closest to Lucerne listed first.
- Allison ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allison is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- New Almelo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Almelo is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Almelo
- Tasco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tasco is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasco
- Studley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Studley is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studley
- Morland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jennings
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jennings is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Lenora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Penokee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Penokee is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penokee
- Hoxie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Selden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Selden is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hill City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dellvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dellvale is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
- Roscoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Roscoe is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lucerne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lucerne.
Newspapers Published in Lucerne ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lucerne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lucerne, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lucerne.
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 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 Lucerne:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Sheridan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Decatur County
- Gove County
- Graham County
- Norton 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> | 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 Lucerne, 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 from Point A (ie- Lucerne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |