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 Palermo (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 Palermo. 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.
Palermo is located in Doniphan 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 Doniphan County: Atchison, Brown, Andrew (MO), Buchanan (MO), Holt (MO) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Palermo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Palermo:
- Doniphan County (The home county of Palermo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Wathena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Elwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Brenner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Doniphan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Bendena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Fanning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Sparks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Severance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Denton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Atchison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Port Williams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Oak Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Lancaster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Huron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Potter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Cummings
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Monrovia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Effingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Robinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Everest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Willis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Horton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hiawatha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- Nortonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Kickapoo
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Lowemont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Easton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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
- Leavenworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Andrew County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Country Club
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Amazonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Nodaway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cosby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Fillmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Helena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Helena is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Rosendale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Rea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rea is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Bolckow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bolckow is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolckow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Saint Joseph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Matney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- De Kalb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Saxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Willow Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Agency
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Faucett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- 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
- Easton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Clinton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Gower
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gower is located in Clinton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,453 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gower <1>
- Starfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- DeKalb County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Clarksdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Stewartsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Union Star
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Amity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Forbes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Point is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Fortescue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Big Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Bigelow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Dearborn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Camden Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Platte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Platte is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Edgerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tracy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Ridgely
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Stillings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stillings is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- Platte City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Leavenworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Palermo, see our County-by-County Page for Palermo.
Cemeteries Near Palermo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Palermo.
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 Palermo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Palermo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Rosendale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bellemont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tambor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Moskau Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New King Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Courter - Ritchey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Charles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Doniphan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kerlin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Mora Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Palermo had a population of 279 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Palermo, with the one closest to Palermo listed first.
- Wathena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Kenmoor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kenmoor is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmoor
- Elwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Halls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Halls is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Saint Joseph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Brenner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Doniphan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Matney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- De Kalb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bendena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Willow Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Saxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Palermo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Palermo.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Palermo ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Palermo.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Palermo. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Palermo and those printed in the larger area surrounding Palermo.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Palermo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Palermo:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Doniphan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Andrew County
- Buchanan County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Holt 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Palermo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Palermo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |