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 Mertz (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 Mertz. 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 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.
Mertz is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Bourbon, Cherokee, Labette, Neosho, Barton (MO), Jasper (MO) & Vernon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Mertz. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mertz:
- Crawford County (The home county of Mertz)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mertz, with the one closest to Mertz listed first.
- Gross
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gross is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Coalvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Mulberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Arma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Fox Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Englevale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Curranville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Curranville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curranville
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Dry Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Yale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Cato
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cato is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Allen County
- Savonburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mertz, with the one closest to Mertz listed first.
- Garland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Pawnee Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Godfrey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Edward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Hiattville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Hollister
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Ronald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Fort Scott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <1>
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Marmaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Redfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Petersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Hammond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mertz, with the one closest to Mertz listed first.
- Barrett ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Barrett is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Weir
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Roseland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Scammon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stone City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stone City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Lawton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lawton is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Carona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- East Mineral ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Mineral is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mineral
- Mackie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mackie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
- Mayer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mayer is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayer
- Labette County
- Strauss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strauss is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mertz, with the one closest to Mertz listed first.
- Stark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Saint Paul
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mertz, with the one closest to Mertz listed first.
- Burgess
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burgess is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Liberal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Mindenmines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Oakton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oakton is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Irwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Irwin is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Lamar Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lamar Heights is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Lamar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kenoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kenoma is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenoma
- Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Bushnell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bushnell is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Layneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Layneville is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layneville
- Newport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Jasper County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mertz, with the one closest to Mertz listed first.
- Opolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Medoc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Asbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Waco
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neck City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Purcell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alba is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
- Carl Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oronogo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smithfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Carytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carytown is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Vernon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mertz, with the one closest to Mertz listed first.
- Bronaugh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bronaugh is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Moundville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Deerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Milo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milo is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Richards
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Nevada
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Temple ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Temple is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Bellamy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bellamy is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Stotesbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Metz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Metz is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mertz, see our County-by-County Page for Mertz.
Cemeteries Near Mertz ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mertz.
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 Mertz - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mertz covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mertz, with the one closest to Mertz listed first.
- Smilie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rosebank Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank Cemetery
- The Rosebank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mulberry Cemetery
- Rose Bank Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93543 <2>
- Pleasant Valley Sheffield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leroy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Arcadia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Englevale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McGonigle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden of Memories
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (208 more) ...
- Gill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Liberal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Mertz in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mertz.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mertz, with the one closest to Mertz listed first.
- Coalvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Mulberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Englevale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Englevale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englevale
- Yale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Dry Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Wood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Wood
- Liberal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Cato
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cato is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Cornell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Mindenmines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hannon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hannon is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannon
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Frontenac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Garland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Garland is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mertz. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mertz.
Newspapers Published in Mertz ...
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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mertz.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mertz, 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 Mertz.
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 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 Mertz:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Bourbon County
- Cherokee County
- Labette County
- Neosho County
- Barton County
- Jasper County
- Vernon 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 Mertz, 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' (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- Mertz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |