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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 Paxico (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 Paxico. 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 hospitals and 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.

Paxico is located in Wabaunsee 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 Wabaunsee County: Geary, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley & Shawnee.

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

  • Wabaunsee County     (The home county of Paxico)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paxico, with the one closest to Paxico listed first.
    • Vera
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • McFarland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • McFarland is located in Wabaunsee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Maple Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Alma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Alma is located in Wabaunsee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 776 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
    • Eskridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Harveyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Harveyville is located in Wabaunsee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
    • Alta Vista
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilmington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paxico, with the one closest to Paxico listed first.
    • Delia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Avoca ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hoyt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hoyt is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoyt <1>
    • Mayetta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paxico, with the one closest to Paxico listed first.
    • Agnes City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Agnes City is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes City
    • Allen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Allen is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • Admire
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Bushong
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bushong is located in Lyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushong
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
  • Morris County
    • Dwight
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Osage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paxico, with the one closest to Paxico listed first.
    • Burlingame
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Carbondale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Carbondale is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
    • Mineral Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Scranton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pottawatomie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paxico, with the one closest to Paxico listed first.
    • Belvue
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Belvue is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Saint Marys
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wamego
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wamego is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamego
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamego <1>
    • Louisville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Louisville has also been known as:
      • Louisville Springs
      • Rock City
      • Rock Creek Falls
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <1>
    • Saint George
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Emmett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Emmett is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmett <1>
    • Aikins
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Saint Clere
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Westmoreland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Onaga
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Havensville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Riley County
  • Shawnee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paxico, with the one closest to Paxico listed first.
    • Rossville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Willard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Willard is located in Shawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
    • Dover
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Kiro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Auburn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cullen Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Cullen Village is located in Shawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen Village
    • Pauline
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Topeka
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Highland Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Highland Park is located in Shawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
    • North Topeka
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Oakland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Paxico ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paxico.

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

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

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

  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • McFarland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Troemper Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kuenzli Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Alma Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Freeman Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Swedish Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Nehring Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mission View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (131 more) ...

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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Paxico had a population of 174 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Paxico had a population of 211 people.

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

  • McFarland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • McFarland is located in Wabaunsee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Vera
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Alma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Alma is located in Wabaunsee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 776 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
  • Maple Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Keene
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Keene is located in Wabaunsee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
  • Saint Marys
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Belvue
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Belvue is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Wabaunsee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wabaunsee is located in Wabaunsee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabaunsee
  • Willard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Willard is located in Shawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Rossville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Wamego
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wamego is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamego <1>
  • Eskridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Dover
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Louisville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Louisville has also been known as:
      • Louisville Springs
      • Rock City
      • Rock Creek Falls
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <1>
    • Volland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Volland is located in Wabaunsee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volland

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Paxico ...

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 381 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paxico.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Paxico. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Paxico and those printed in the larger area surrounding Paxico.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Paxico.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Paxico:

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>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 Paxico, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Paxico) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.