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 Nekoma (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 Nekoma. 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 and doctors 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.
Nekoma is located in Rush 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 Rush County: Barton, Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Russell & Trego.
Below are the counties that are near Nekoma. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nekoma:
- Rush County (The home county of Nekoma)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nekoma, with the one closest to Nekoma listed first.
- Hargrave
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hargrave is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
- Alexander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alexander is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Rush Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- La Crosse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McCracken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Timken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Timken is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Liebenthal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liebenthal is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Loretta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Loretta is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
- Former names for Loretta:
- Illinois
- Marienfeld
- Otis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nekoma, with the one closest to Nekoma listed first.
- Albert
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Olmitz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Galatia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Galatia is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Pawnee Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heizer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Heizer is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heizer
- Ellis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nekoma, with the one closest to Nekoma listed first.
- Schoenchen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Antonino
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Antonino is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonino
- Pfeifer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
- Munjor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Munjor is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
- Hays
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Toulon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Toulon is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Yocemento
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yocemento is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocemento
- Hog Back
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hog Back is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
- Victoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Victoria is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Hodgeman County
- Hanston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hanston is located in Hodgeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Ness County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nekoma, with the one closest to Nekoma listed first.
- Bazine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bazine is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Brownell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ness City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ransom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nekoma, with the one closest to Nekoma listed first.
- Ash Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Valley
- Burdett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burdett is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Rozel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rozel is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Larned
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Garfield is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nekoma, see our County-by-County Page for Nekoma.
Cemeteries Near Nekoma ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nekoma.
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 Nekoma - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nekoma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nekoma, with the one closest to Nekoma listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Abbey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Belle Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Locust Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- La Crosse Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McCracken Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nickel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- Lone Star Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Nekoma had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nekoma, with the one closest to Nekoma listed first.
- Hargrave
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hargrave is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
- Alexander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alexander is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Rush Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- La Crosse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McCracken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Bazine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bazine is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Timken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Timken is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Liebenthal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liebenthal is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Ash Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Valley
- Burdett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burdett is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
- Rozel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rozel is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Brownell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Otis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Ness County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nekoma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nekoma.
Newspapers Published in Nekoma ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nekoma.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nekoma, 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 Nekoma.
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 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 Nekoma:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Rush County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barton County
- Ellis County
- Hodgeman County
- Ness County
- Pawnee 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 Nekoma, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nekoma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |