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 Mildred (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 Mildred. 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 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.
Mildred is located in Allen 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 Allen County: Anderson, Bourbon, Coffey, Linn, Neosho, Wilson & Woodson.
Below are the counties that are near Mildred. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mildred:
- Allen County (The home county of Mildred)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Bayard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Moran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- La Harpe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gas is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Carlyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Carlyle is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyle
- Iola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elsmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Bassett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Geneva
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Geneva is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Savonburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Savonburg is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Humboldt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leanna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Leanna is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanna
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Kincaid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Lone Elm
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Selma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Colony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Welda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welda is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda
- Bush City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Mont Ida
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mont Ida is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Ida
- Garnett
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Central City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Central City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Former name for Central City:
- Jerome
- Central City has also been known as:
- Central
- Westphalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westphalia is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Glenlock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenlock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlock
- Greeley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Xenia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Bronson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mapleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Berlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Uniontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Rockford ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rockford is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Devon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Petersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Redfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Porterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Marmaton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coffey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Aliceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aliceville is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceville
- Le Roy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Hepler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hepler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Walnut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Walnut is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Blue Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Critzer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Goodrich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Mound City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Prescott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Cadmus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Pleasanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boicourt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Odense
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Odense is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odense
- Stark
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Rollin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rollin is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Chanute
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Neosho Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Neosho Falls is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Piqua
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Cookville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cookville is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Hasty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hasty is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Durand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Durand is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- North Ridge ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Ridge is located in Woodson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mildred, see our County-by-County Page for Mildred.
Cemeteries Near Mildred ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mildred.
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 Mildred - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mildred covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gillham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Osage Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Osage Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kincaid Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Elm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ozark Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Moran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ensminger Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boulware Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blue Mound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bronson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Mildred in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mildred.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mildred, with the one closest to Mildred listed first.
- Bayard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bayard is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Kincaid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Lone Elm
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Elm is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Moran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moran is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 509 people
- Moran has also been known as:
- Moran City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moran <1>
- Selma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Blue Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- La Harpe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bronson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Colony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Welda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Welda is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welda
- Bush City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Iola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elsmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elsmore is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Elsmore has also been known as:
- Elsinore
- Mapleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mildred. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mildred.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mildred ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mildred.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mildred. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mildred and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mildred.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> of Mildred.
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 Mildred:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Bourbon County
- Coffey County
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Linn County
- Neosho County
- Woodson 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 Mildred, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mildred) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |