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 New Almelo (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 New Almelo. 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 and 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.
New Almelo is located in Norton 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 Norton County: Decatur, Graham, Phillips, Sheridan, Furnas (NE) & Harlan (NE).
Below are the counties that are near New Almelo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Almelo:
- Norton County (The home county of New Almelo)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Almelo, with the one closest to New Almelo listed first.
- Lenora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Dellvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dellvale is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
- Oronoque
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oronoque is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
- Edmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Edmond is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Edmond has also been known as:
- Edmond City
- Rockwell City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rockwell City is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell City
- Densmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Densmore is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Densmore
- Norton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Almena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Almena is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Almelo, with the one closest to New Almelo listed first.
- Allison ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Allison is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Jennings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jennings is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Norcatur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Norcatur is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Leoville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Leoville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoville
- Kanona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kanona is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanona
- Lyle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lyle is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle
- Oberlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graham County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Almelo, with the one closest to New Almelo listed first.
- Morland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Smithfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Penokee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Penokee is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penokee
- Roscoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Roscoe is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Hill City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Peter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Peter is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
- Bogue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bogue is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Bogue has also been known as:
- Wildhorse
- Nicodemus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips County
- Logan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sheridan County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Almelo, with the one closest to New Almelo listed first.
- Studley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Studley is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studley
- Hoxie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Selden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Selden is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Almelo, see our County-by-County Page for New Almelo.
Cemeteries Near New Almelo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Almelo.
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 New Almelo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Almelo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Almelo, with the one closest to New Almelo listed first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lenora South Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lenora East Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gettis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Allison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lucerne Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Star Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clayton Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Clayton.
- Prairie Gem Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jennings Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adell Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Anderson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- Modell Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bow Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
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 New Almelo had a population of 44 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Almelo, with the one closest to New Almelo listed first.
- Lenora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Allison ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Allison is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Lucerne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lucerne is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Jennings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jennings is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Dellvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dellvale is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
- Oronoque
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oronoque is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
- Studley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Studley is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studley
- Edmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Edmond is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Edmond has also been known as:
- Edmond City
- Rockwell City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rockwell City is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell City
- Dresden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Norcatur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Norcatur is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Morland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tasco
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tasco is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasco
- Penokee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Penokee is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penokee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Almelo. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Almelo.
Newspapers Published in New Almelo ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Almelo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Almelo, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Almelo.
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 either 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 New Almelo:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Norton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Decatur County
- Graham County
- Phillips County
- Sheridan 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- New Almelo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 New Almelo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |