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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Missler during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Missler had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..

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 Missler (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 Missler. 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.

Missler is located in Meade 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 Meade County: Clark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Seward & Beaver (OK).

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

  • Meade County     (The home county of Missler)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Missler, with the one closest to Missler listed first.
    • Meade
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
      • Meade is located in Meade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
      • Meade has also been known as:
      • Meade City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meade <2>
    • Plains
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
      • Plains is located in Meade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <2>
    • Fowler
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
      • Fowler is located in Meade County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fowler <2>
  • Clark County
    • Minneola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Gray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Missler, with the one closest to Missler listed first.
    • Copeland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Montezuma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Ensign
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
      • Ensign is located in Gray County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Haskell County
    • Sublette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Seward County
    • Kismet
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
      • Kismet is located in Seward County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
  • Beaver County (OK)
    • Forgan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forgan
      • Forgan is located in Beaver County (OK)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forgan <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Missler ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Missler.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Missler, 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 Missler.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Missler:

Cemeteries Near Missler ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Missler.

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

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

  • Graceland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Meade.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graceland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92561 <5>
  • Lockhart Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lockhart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lockhart Cemetery
  • Seward Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seward Cemetery
  • Mertilla Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mertilla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mertilla Cemetery
  • Emmanuel Mennonite Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Atwater Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atwater Cemetery
  • Fowler Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fowler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fowler Cemetery
  • West Glendale Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Glendale Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the northwest of Kismet.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Glendale Cemetery
  • McCauley Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evans Cemetery
  • Stone School Lutheran Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Kleine Gemeinde Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Kleine Gemeinde Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Little Congregational Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kleine Gemeinde Cemetery
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Mennonite Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mennonite Cemetery
    • Cave Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cave Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cave Cemetery
    • Wilburn Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wilburn Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilburn 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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Missler had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Meade
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
    • Meade is located in Meade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
    • Meade has also been known as:
    • Meade City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meade <2>
  • Plains
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
    • Plains is located in Meade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <2>
  • Fowler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
    • Fowler is located in Meade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fowler <2>
  • Kismet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
    • Kismet is located in Seward County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
  • Montezuma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Arkalon
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arkalon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkalon
    • Arkalon is located in Seward County
  • Minneola
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Ensign
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
    • Ensign is located in Gray County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Missler and then turned west". While Missler could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Missler as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Missler could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Kansas community named Missler.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Missler) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Missler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3178, Longitude: -100.4351       In this case, the coordinates for Missler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Missler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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