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 Natoma (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 Natoma. 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.
Natoma is located in Osborne 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 Osborne County: Ellis, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Rooks, Russell & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Natoma. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Natoma:
- Osborne County (The home county of Natoma)
- The following are listed by their distance from Natoma, with the one closest to Natoma listed first.
- Alton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alton is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Bloomington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomington is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Osborne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Osborne is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,280 people
- Osborne has also been known as:
- Peru
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osborne <1>
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natoma, with the one closest to Natoma listed first.
- Turkville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Turkville is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
- Emmeram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Emmeram is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmeram
- Catharine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Walker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Walker is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Victoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Victoria is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Hays
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Toulon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Toulon is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Yocemento
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yocemento is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocemento
- Munjor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Munjor is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
- Hog Back
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hog Back is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
- Rooks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natoma, with the one closest to Natoma listed first.
- Codell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Codell is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
- Former name for Codell:
- Florreyville
- Plainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woodston is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Woodston has also been known as:
- Woodston Saw
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodston <1>
- Stockton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stockton is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
- Former name for Stockton:
- Stocktown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <1>
- Zurich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zurich is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Webster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Palco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Palco is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Natoma, with the one closest to Natoma listed first.
- Paradise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Waldo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waldo is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Former name for Waldo:
- Pleasant Run
- Luray
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Luray is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Balta ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Balta is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Gorham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Russell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lucas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bunker Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Natoma, see our County-by-County Page for Natoma.
Cemeteries Near Natoma ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Natoma.
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 Natoma - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Natoma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Natoma, with the one closest to Natoma listed first.
- Naomi Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Conger East Paradise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger East Paradise Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Conger East Paradise Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Codell.
- The Conger East Paradise Cemetery has also been known as:
- Conger Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92230 <2>
- Aurora Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- IXL Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Round Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Codell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93779 <2>
- Norman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chalk Mound Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Victor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (74 more) ...
- Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paradise Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Paradise Center Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Codell.
- The Paradise Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Codell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966834 <2>
- Cedar Bluff Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Natoma had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Natoma had a population of 296 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Natoma, with the one closest to Natoma listed first.
- Paradise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Laton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laton is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laton
- Codell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Codell is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
- Former name for Codell:
- Florreyville
- Fairport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Waldo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waldo is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Former name for Waldo:
- Pleasant Run
- Turkville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Turkville is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
- Covert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Covert is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Plainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vincent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vincent is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Woodston
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woodston is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Woodston has also been known as:
- Woodston Saw
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodston <1>
- Luray
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Luray is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Alton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alton is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Catharine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Cheyenne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cheyenne is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
- Cheyenne has also been known as:
- Cheyenne City
- Gorham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Natoma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Natoma.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Natoma ...
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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Natoma.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Natoma. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Natoma and those printed in the larger area surrounding Natoma.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Natoma.
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 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 Natoma:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Osborne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ellis County
- Rooks County
- Russell 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Natoma) 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 Natoma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |