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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 McAllaster (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 McAllaster. 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 McAllaster ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: McAllistar.

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 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.

McAllaster is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Gove, Scott, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace & Wichita.

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

  • Logan County     (The home county of McAllaster)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McAllaster, with the one closest to McAllaster listed first.
    • Winona
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
      • Winona is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <2>
    • Russell Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russell Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Springs
      • Russell Springs is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Page City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
      • Page City is located in Logan County
    • Monument
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
      • Monument is located in Logan County
    • Oakley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Scott County
    • Pence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
      • Pence is located in Scott County
  • Sherman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McAllaster, with the one closest to McAllaster listed first.
    • Edson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
      • Edson is located in Sherman County
    • Goodland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Thomas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McAllaster, with the one closest to McAllaster listed first.
    • Brewster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
      • Brewster is located in Thomas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewster <2>
    • Levant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
      • Levant is located in Thomas County
    • Spica
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spica
      • Spica is located in Thomas County
  • Wallace County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McAllaster, with the one closest to McAllaster listed first.
    • Wallace
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
      • Wallace is located in Wallace County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <2>
    • Sharon Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Springs
      • Sharon Springs is located in Wallace County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
      • Former name for Sharon Springs:
      • Eagle Trail
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sharon Springs <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of McAllaster ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around McAllaster.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of McAllaster. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of McAllaster and those printed in the larger area surrounding McAllaster.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of McAllaster.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 McAllaster:

Cemeteries Near McAllaster ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McAllaster.

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 McAllaster covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Winona Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winona Cemetery
  • Wallace Twp. Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Russell Springs Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Springs Cemetery
  • Ft. Wallace Post Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Wallace Post Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Wallace Post Cemetery
  • Page Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Page Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Page Cemetery
  • Brownville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brownville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brownville Cemetery
  • Lava Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lava Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lava Cemetery
  • Hartzler Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartzler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartzler Cemetery
  • Dinas Community Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • North Twp. Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the North Twp. Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Twp. Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2454832 <4>
  • Sharon Springs Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Monument Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monument Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monument Cemetery
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Beulah Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beulah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beulah Cemetery
    • Frerichs Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frerichs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frerichs Cemetery
    • Edison Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edison Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, McAllaster had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Winona
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Winona is located in Logan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <2>
  • Wallace
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Wallace is located in Wallace County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <2>
  • Russell Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russell Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Springs
    • Russell Springs is located in Logan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
  • Page City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
    • Page City is located in Logan County
  • Sharon Springs
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Springs
    • Sharon Springs is located in Wallace County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
    • Former name for Sharon Springs:
    • Eagle Trail
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sharon Springs <2>
  • Monument
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
    • Monument is located in Logan County
  • Edson
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
    • Edson is located in Sherman County
  • Brewster
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
    • Brewster is located in Thomas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewster <2>
  • Levant
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
    • Levant is located in Thomas County
  • Pence
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence
    • Pence is located in Scott County
  • Spica
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spica
    • Spica is located in Thomas County
  • Mingo
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mingo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
    • Mingo is located in Thomas County
  • Goodland
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McAllaster) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McAllaster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0047, Longitude: -101.3920       In this case, the coordinates for McAllaster have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 McAllaster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.









 

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