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 Moray (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 Moray. 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.
Moray is located in Doniphan 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 Doniphan County: Atchison, Brown, Andrew (MO), Buchanan (MO), Holt (MO) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Moray. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moray:
- Doniphan County (The home county of Moray)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Bendena
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Brenner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Severance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Fanning
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Denton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sparks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Doniphan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Huron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Atchison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lancaster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Monrovia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Effingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Port Williams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Oak Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Potter
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Muscotah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Robinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Everest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Horton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Baker ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Hiawatha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Padonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Mercier
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Powhattan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Reserve
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Hamlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Whiting
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Larkinburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Nortonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Half Mound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Lowemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Kickapoo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Easton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Andrew County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Nodaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Amazonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Country Club
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Fillmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Savannah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Rosendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Cosby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rea is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Rushville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Saint Joseph
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- De Kalb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Matney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Willow Brook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Saxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Faucett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Agency
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Easton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Forbes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Forest City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oregon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Point is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Fortescue
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Big Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Bigelow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Mound City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Maitland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Maitland is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Dearborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Weston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Rulo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
- Preston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Falls City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moray, see our County-by-County Page for Moray.
Cemeteries Near Moray ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moray.
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 Moray - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moray covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Burrell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vickery Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bitner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wolf River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jordan Creek Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fanning Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Iola Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Denton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robertson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (250 more) ...
- Courter - Ritchey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Moray in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moray.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moray, with the one closest to Moray listed first.
- Bendena
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Brenner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Severance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Denton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fanning
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Sparks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Doniphan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Purcell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Palermo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Forbes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moray. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moray.
Newspapers Published in Moray ...
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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moray.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moray, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moray.
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 Moray:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Doniphan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Richardson 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 Moray, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moray) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |