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 Parnell (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 Parnell. 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 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 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.
Parnell is located in Atchison 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 Atchison County: Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Buchanan (MO) & Platte (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Parnell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parnell:
- Atchison County (The home county of Parnell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Cummings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Atchison
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Lancaster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Potter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Monrovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Port Williams
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Effingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Huron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Arrington
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Everest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Robinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Baker ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Mercier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- 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
- Hiawatha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Doniphan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Doniphan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Purcell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Brenner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Denton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bendena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Severance
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Palermo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Leona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Troy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Blair
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Larkinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Whiting
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Denison
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Birmingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Holton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Netawaka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Mayetta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Nortonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Boyle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Dunavant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Half Mound
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Valley Falls
(17 miles [27.4 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>
- Oskaloosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McLouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Shore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Ozawkie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Lakeside Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Lowemont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- 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
- Kickapoo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Springdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Leavenworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jarbalo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Bain City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Lansing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hoge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- 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
- Tonganoxie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Wyandotte County
- Wallula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
- Andrew County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Country Club
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Nodaway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Lewis and Clark Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Faucett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Matney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Agency
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saxton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Holt County (MO)
- Forbes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(12 miles [19.3 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- West Platte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Platte is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Stillings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stillings is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- Dearborn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tracy
(23 miles [37 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
- East Leavenworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- Camden Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Farley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farley is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Platte City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parnell, see our County-by-County Page for Parnell.
Cemeteries Near Parnell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parnell.
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 Parnell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parnell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Round Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cummings District Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pardee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ashcraft Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Springhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sumner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. St. Scholastica Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Parnell had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parnell, with the one closest to Parnell listed first.
- Hawthorne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hawthorne is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
- Cummings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Shannon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shannon is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Atchison
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Potter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Dalbey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dalbey is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalbey
- Winthrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winthrop is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Lancaster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Monrovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Nortonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Millwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millwood is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Port Williams
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Sugar Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parnell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parnell.
Newspapers Published in Parnell ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parnell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parnell, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parnell.
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 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 Parnell:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Atchison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Wyandotte County
- Andrew County
- Buchanan 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> | 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- Parnell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Parnell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |