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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Oscar. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oscar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oscar, please Contact Us.

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 Oscar (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 Oscar. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Oscar is historic, it would have been located within present day Clay County.

To see how the shape of Kansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clay County: Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Ottawa, Riley & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Oscar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oscar:

  • Clay County     (The home county of Oscar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Garfield Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garfield Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Center
      • Garfield Center is located in Clay County
    • Morganville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
      • Morganville is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
      • Morganville has also been known as:
      • Morgantown
    • Clay Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Green
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Vining
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vining have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
      • Vining is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
    • Idana
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Idana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idana
      • Idana is located in Clay County
    • Broughton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Broughton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
      • Broughton is located in Clay County
    • Browndale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Browndale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndale
      • Browndale is located in Clay County
    • Ladysmith
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ladysmith. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
      • Ladysmith is located in Clay County
    • Wakefield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Oak Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
      • Oak Hill is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Industry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
      • Industry is located in Clay County
  • Cloud County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Saint Joseph
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint Joseph. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
      • Saint Joseph is located in Cloud County
    • Clyde
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Clyde is located in Cloud County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <3>
    • Ames
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
      • Ames is located in Cloud County
    • Miltonvale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Aurora
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
      • Aurora is located in Cloud County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Rice
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
      • Rice is located in Cloud County
    • Huscher
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huscher
      • Huscher is located in Cloud County
    • Cook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
      • Cook is located in Cloud County
    • Concordia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Dickinson County
    • Upland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Upland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
      • Upland is located in Dickinson County
  • Geary County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Milford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Alida
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alida. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
      • Alida is located in Geary County
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Waterville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Blue Rapids
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Rapids
      • Blue Rapids is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Rapids <3>
    • Irving ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Irving. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
      • Irving is located in Marshall County
    • Alcove Spring ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcove Spring
      • Alcove Spring is located in Marshall County
  • Ottawa County
    • Lamar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lamar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Lamar is located in Ottawa County
  • Pottawatomie County
    • Olsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olsburg
      • Olsburg is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olsburg <3>
  • Republic County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Agenda
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agenda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
      • Agenda is located in Republic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Cuba
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuba have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
      • Cuba is located in Republic County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <3>
  • Riley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • May Day
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Day
      • May Day is located in Riley County
    • Lasita ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lasita have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasita
      • Lasita is located in Riley County
    • Winkler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Winkler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
      • Winkler is located in Riley County
    • Bala
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala
      • Bala is located in Riley County
    • Leonardville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
      • Leonardville is located in Riley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
      • Leonardville has also been known as:
      • Leonard
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonardville <3>
    • Walsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsburg
      • Walsburg is located in Riley County
    • Randolph
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Randolph is located in Riley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Riley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
      • Riley is located in Riley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
      • Former names for Riley:
      • Riley Center
      • Union
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riley <3>
    • Keats
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keats
      • Keats is located in Riley County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Palmer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
      • Palmer is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
    • Kimeo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kimeo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimeo
      • Kimeo is located in Washington County
    • Clifton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
      • Clifton has also been known as:
      • West Clifton
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <3>
    • Linn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
      • Linn is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <3>
    • Chepstow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chepstow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepstow
      • Chepstow is located in Washington County
    • Greenleaf
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
      • Greenleaf is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenleaf <3>
    • Brantford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brantford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantford
      • Brantford is located in Washington County
    • Barnes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Washington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Morrowville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
      • Morrowville is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Blocker ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blocker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocker
      • Blocker is located in Washington County
    • Haddam
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haddam have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddam
      • Haddam is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
      • Haddam has also been known as:
      • Haddam City
      • West Haddam

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oscar, see our County-by-County Page for Oscar.

Cemeteries Near Oscar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oscar.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oscar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.

  • Garfield Center Mission Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Center Mission Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Mission Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Parallel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Morganville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morganville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morganville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hayes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hayes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hayes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brethren in Christ Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brethren in Christ Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brethren in Christ Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Goshen Central Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sherman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Appleton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Peats Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (170 more) ...
    • Fancy Creek Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fancy Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fancy Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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.

While we didn't find Oscar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oscar.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.

  • Morganville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • Morganville is located in Clay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
    • Morganville has also been known as:
    • Morgantown
  • Palmer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
    • Palmer is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
  • Kimeo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kimeo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimeo
    • Kimeo is located in Washington County
  • Clifton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Clifton is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
    • Clifton has also been known as:
    • West Clifton
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <3>
  • Clay Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Green
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Vining
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vining have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
    • Vining is located in Clay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
  • Linn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
    • Linn is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linn <3>
  • Idana
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Idana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idana
    • Idana is located in Clay County
  • Broughton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Broughton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
    • Broughton is located in Clay County
  • Chepstow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chepstow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepstow
    • Chepstow is located in Washington County
  • Saint Joseph
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint Joseph. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
    • Saint Joseph is located in Cloud County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Winkler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Winkler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
      • Winkler is located in Riley County
    • Strawberry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
      • Strawberry is located in Washington County
    • Clyde
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Clyde is located in Cloud County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <3>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oscar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oscar.

Newspapers Published in Oscar ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oscar.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oscar, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oscar.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Oscar:

The official website for Clay County: www.claycountyks.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Oscar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Oscar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oscar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5175, Longitude: -97.1275       In this case, the coordinates for Oscar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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