RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Kansas >> Stanton County >> Manter >> Genealogy HelperIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Kansas

The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas





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 Manter (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 Manter. 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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

Manter is located in Stanton County.

To see how the shape of Kansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Stanton County: Baca (CO), Prowers (CO), Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton & Stevens.

Below are the counties that are near Manter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Manter:

  • Stanton County     (The home county of Manter)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manter, with the one closest to Manter listed first.
    • Johnson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Platt City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Platt City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt City
      • Platt City is located in Stanton County
      • Platt City has also been known as:
      • Platt
    • Big Bow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bow
      • Big Bow is located in Stanton County
  • Grant County
    • Ulysses
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Morton County
    • Richfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
      • Richfield is located in Morton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Baca County (CO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manter, with the one closest to Manter listed first.
    • Minneapolis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minneapolis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis
      • Minneapolis is located in Baca County (CO)
    • Stonington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Walsh
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walsh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
      • Walsh is located in Baca County (CO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walsh <1>
    • Two Buttes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Manter, see our County-by-County Page for Manter.

Cemeteries Near Manter ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manter.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Manter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manter, with the one closest to Manter listed first.

  • Minter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Minter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Konantz Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Konantz Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Konantz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mitchell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mitchell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Amerine Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Liverpool Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liverpool Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liverpool Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hatton Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hatton Cemetery is located 18 miles [29 km]<4> to the northeast of Syracuse.
    • The Hatton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bear Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91996 <5>
  • Richfield Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Minneapolis Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Stonington Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stonington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stonington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dermot Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dermot Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dermot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Golden Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Golden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Golden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garder Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garder Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Ebenfleur Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Shockey Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shockey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shockey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Menno Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Menno Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Menno Cemetery is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the northwest of Syracuse.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93022 <5>

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.<6>

While we didn't find Manter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manter.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Manter, with the one closest to Manter listed first.

  • Johnson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hatton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hatton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Hatton is located in Hamilton County
  • Richfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
    • Richfield is located in Morton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Minneapolis
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minneapolis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis
    • Minneapolis is located in Baca County (CO)
  • Stonington
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ulysses
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manter.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Manter ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manter.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Manter. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Manter and those printed in the larger area surrounding Manter.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> of Manter.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Manter:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Manter. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Manter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Manter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5245, Longitude: -101.8833       In this case, the coordinates for Manter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Manter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 28 Apr 2025