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 Midland (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 Midland. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Midland is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Osage & Shawnee.
Below are the counties that are near Midland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Midland:
- Douglas County (The home county of Midland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Bismarck Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bismarck Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck Grove
- Lawrence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Noria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Noria is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noria
- Kanwaka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kanwaka is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanwaka
- Kanwaka has also been known as:
- Kanawha
- Kannaka
- Kanwaca
- Lecompton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eudora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sibleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sibleyville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyville
- Weaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Grover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Hesper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hesper is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Lone Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Star is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Potter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Cummings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Centropolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Centropolis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centropolis
- Norwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Le Loup
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Le Loup is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Loup
- Wellsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ottawa Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ottawa Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Junction
- Ottawa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Richter is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richter
- Jackson County
- Hoyt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Buck Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Williamstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Medina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Medina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- McLouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Newman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Newman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
- Oskaloosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Lake Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Hilldale South
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilldale South is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale South
- Hilldale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hilldale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Clearview City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- De Soto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wilder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wilder is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Monticello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Monticello is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Zarah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Zarah is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zarah
- Edgerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gardner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holliday
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Holliday is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Shawnee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clare
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Olathe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Quivira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Quivira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Quivira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Fall Leaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Tonganoxie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Linwood is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Linwood has also been known as:
- Big Stranger
- Johnny Cake
- Journeycake
- Jarbalo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Hoge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- Loring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Springdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Basehor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount has also been known as:
- Fairmont Village
- Easton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Lansing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bain City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Overbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Carbondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carbondale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
- Shawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spencer is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Watson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Richland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Tecumseh
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Berryton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Berryton is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Highland Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Park is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- North Topeka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Topeka is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Topeka
- Topeka
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pauline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pauline is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauline
- Cullen Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cullen Village is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen Village
- Kiro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kiro is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiro
- Wyandotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Bonner Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wallula
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
- Piper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Edwardsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grinter Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Morris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Turner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Argentine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Stillings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stillings is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- Waldron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- East Leavenworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- Farley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farley is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Midland, see our County-by-County Page for Midland.
Cemeteries Near Midland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Midland.
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 Midland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Midland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Underwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- University of Kansas - Lawrence Campus Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Cemetery
- Lawrence City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93216 <2>
- Holliday Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haskell Indian Nations University - Haskell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reno Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hardy Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Buster Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cemetery Beni Israel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Midland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Midland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Midland, with the one closest to Midland listed first.
- Buck Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Lawrence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Williamstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Reno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reno is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Fall Leaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Perry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eudora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tonganoxie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Medina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Medina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Linwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Linwood is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Linwood has also been known as:
- Big Stranger
- Johnny Cake
- Journeycake
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- McLouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Grover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Midland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Midland.
Newspapers Published in Midland ...
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 156 newspapers that have been published in the area around Midland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Midland, 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 Midland.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Midland:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Douglas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Franklin County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Osage County
- Shawnee County
- Wyandotte County
- Platte 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 Midland, 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- Midland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |