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 Nortonville (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 Nortonville. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Nortonville is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Atchison, Douglas, Jackson, Leavenworth & Shawnee.
Below are the counties that are near Nortonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nortonville:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Nortonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Boyle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Winchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunavant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Valley Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Valley Falls has also been known as:
- Sautrelle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Falls <1>
- Half Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Lake Shore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Oskaloosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ozawkie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- McLouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Hilldale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hilldale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Cummings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Monrovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Effingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Potter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Lancaster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Arrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Muscotah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Atchison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Huron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Port Williams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Everest
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Horton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Mercier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Baker ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Robinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Powhattan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Doniphan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Purcell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Doniphan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Denton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bendena
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Severance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brenner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Leona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Moray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Palermo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Blair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Grover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Lecompton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Midland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Big Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Big Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Bismarck Grove ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bismarck Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck Grove
- Kanwaka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kanwaka is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanwaka
- Kanwaka has also been known as:
- Kanawha
- Kannaka
- Kanwaca
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Larkinburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Denison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Birmingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Whiting
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Holton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mayetta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hoyt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Netawaka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Circleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Easton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Lowemont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Springdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Kickapoo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Jarbalo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Leavenworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bain City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Hoge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- Tonganoxie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lansing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount has also been known as:
- Fairmont Village
- Basehor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nemaha County
- Wetmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- North Topeka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Topeka is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Topeka
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Tecumseh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte County
- Wallula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Lewis and Clark Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Rushville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Weston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stillings
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stillings is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- East Leavenworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- West Platte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Platte is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Woodruff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Farley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Farley is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Tracy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tracy is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Dearborn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Platte City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nortonville, see our County-by-County Page for Nortonville.
Cemeteries Near Nortonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nortonville.
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 Nortonville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nortonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Nortonville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Neill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hull Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Corpus Christi Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cummings District Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pardee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Springhill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- Monrovia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coal Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Nortonville had a population of 669 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Nortonville had a population of 605 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nortonville, with the one closest to Nortonville listed first.
- Boyle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Cummings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Winchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hawthorne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorne is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Monrovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Valley Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Valley Falls has also been known as:
- Sautrelle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Falls <1>
- Dunavant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Effingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parnell is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Potter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Lancaster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Millwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Shannon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Arrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nortonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nortonville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Nortonville ...
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 245 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nortonville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Nortonville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Nortonville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Nortonville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Nortonville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Nortonville:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Douglas County
- Jackson County
- Leavenworth County
- Nemaha County
- Shawnee County
- Wyandotte County
- Buchanan County
- Platte 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 Nortonville, 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- Nortonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |