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 Midway (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 Midway. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Midway is located in Harper 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 Harper County: Barber, Kingman, Sumner, Alfalfa (OK) & Grant (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Midway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Midway:
- Harper County (The home county of Midway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Crisfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
- Attica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ruella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ruella is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Waldron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Waldron is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Anthony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Duquoin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Bluff City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Freeport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Freeport is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
- Danville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Danville is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Danville has also been known as:
- Coalville
- Runnymede
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Runnymede is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
- Barber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Hazelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Sharon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Former name for Sharon:
- Bible Valley
- Pixley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Kiowa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kiowa is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Kiowa has also been known as:
- Kiowa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
- Gerlane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gerlane is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerlane
- Medicine Lodge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stubbs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stubbs is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Hardtner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Isabel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Mingona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Eldred ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eldred is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
- Elm Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Kingman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Spivey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Zenda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Rago
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rago is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Willowdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Adams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Alameda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alameda is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Belmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Norwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sumner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Argonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Doster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Doster is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Alfalfa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Amorita
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Byron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Burlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ingersoll
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ingersoll is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingersoll
- Vining
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vining is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Cherokee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grant County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Creek is located in Grant County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Wakita
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woods County (OK)
- Capron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Capron is located in Woods County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Midway, see our County-by-County Page for Midway.
Cemeteries Near Midway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Midway.
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 Midway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Midway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Crisfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Goss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Attica Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bonham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Baird Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (60 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Kiowa.
- The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kiowa Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93501 <2>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Midway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Midway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Crisfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
- Corwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Corwin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Ruella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ruella is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Attica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hazelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Crystal Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Springs is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Sharon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Former name for Sharon:
- Bible Valley
- Anthony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pixley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Harper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kiowa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kiowa is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Kiowa has also been known as:
- Kiowa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
- Duquoin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Driftwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Driftwood is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Spivey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Zenda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Midway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Midway.
Newspapers Published in Midway ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Midway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Midway, 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 Midway.
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 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 Midway:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Harper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barber County
- Kingman County
- Sumner County
- Alfalfa County
- Grant County
- Woods 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> | 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- Midway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Midway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |