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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 Padonia (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 Padonia. 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 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.

Padonia is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Atchison, Doniphan, Jackson, Nemaha & Richardson (NE).

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

  • Brown County     (The home county of Padonia)
  • Atchison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Padonia, with the one closest to Padonia listed first.
    • Huron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Muscotah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Goodintent ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Goodintent is located in Atchison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
    • Lancaster
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lancaster is located in Atchison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
    • Effingham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Monrovia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Doniphan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Padonia, with the one closest to Padonia listed first.
    • White Cloud
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Leona
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Leona is located in Doniphan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Highland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Iowa Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Severance
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Sparks is located in Doniphan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
    • Denton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Purcell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fanning
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fanning is located in Doniphan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
    • Bendena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Moray
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Moray is located in Doniphan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
    • Troy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Brenner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Padonia, with the one closest to Padonia listed first.
    • Netawaka
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Whiting
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Whiting is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
  • Nemaha County
  • Atchison County (MO)
    • Fairfax
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Fairfax is located in Atchison County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfax <1>
  • Holt County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Padonia, with the one closest to Padonia listed first.
    • Big Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fortescue
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Bigelow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Forest City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Craig
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oregon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Mound City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Corning
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Forbes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • New Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Nemaha County (NE)
  • Pawnee County (NE)
  • Richardson County (NE)

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

Cemeteries Near Padonia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Padonia.

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 Padonia - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Padonia had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Hamlin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hamlin is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Hamlin has also been known as:
    • Hamilton
  • Reserve
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hiawatha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Preston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
  • Morrill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Morrill is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Falls City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Fairview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Robinson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Powhattan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Powhattan is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
  • Baker ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Rulo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
  • Sabetha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Padonia ...

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 296 newspapers that have been published in the area around Padonia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Padonia, 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 Padonia.

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 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 Padonia:

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 Padonia, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Padonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.