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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 Monett (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 Monett. 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 hospitals 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.

Monett is located in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County: Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Osage (OK) & Washington (OK).

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

  • Chautauqua County     (The home county of Monett)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monett, with the one closest to Monett listed first.
    • Grafton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peru
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Peru is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
    • Sedan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Niotaze
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Niotaze is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niotaze
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Jonesburg ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jonesburg is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
    • Chautauqua
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rogers
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Gibbs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Elgin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
      • Elgin has also been known as:
      • New Elgin
    • Wauneta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Layton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Hewins
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hewins is located in Chautauqua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
  • Cowley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monett, with the one closest to Monett listed first.
    • Taussig
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Taussig is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taussig
    • Grand Summit
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hooser
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Elk County
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monett, with the one closest to Monett listed first.
    • Havana
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Havana is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Caney
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Caney is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,948 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caney <1>
    • Elk City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tyro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tyro is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Independence
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Dearing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Sycamore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Coffeyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Avian ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Kalloch ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Liberty
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Wilson County
  • Nowata County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monett, with the one closest to Monett listed first.
    • Wann
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • South Coffeyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • South Coffeyville is located in Nowata County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coffeyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
  • Osage County (OK)
  • Washington County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monett, with the one closest to Monett listed first.
    • Copan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Copan is located in Washington County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copan <1>
    • Dewey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Dewey is located in Washington County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewey <1>
    • Bartlesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Monett ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monett.

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 Monett - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Monett had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Sedan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Peru
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Peru is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Grafton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Niotaze
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Niotaze is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niotaze
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
  • Chautauqua
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jonesburg ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jonesburg is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesburg
  • Havana
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Havana is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
  • Rogers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Elgin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
    • Elgin has also been known as:
    • New Elgin
  • Caney
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Caney is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,948 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caney <1>
  • Wayside
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Wayside is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Monett ...

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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monett.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Monett:

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>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 Monett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Monett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.