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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 Penalosa (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 Penalosa. 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 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.

Penalosa is located in Kingman 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 Kingman County: Barber, Harper, Pratt, Reno, Sedgwick & Sumner.

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

  • Kingman County     (The home county of Penalosa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Penalosa, with the one closest to Penalosa listed first.
    • Cunningham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
      • Cunningham is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Kingman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Willowdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Alameda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alameda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
      • Alameda is located in Kingman County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Alameda
      • From Penalosa to Alameda
    • Zenda
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zenda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
      • Zenda is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zenda <2>
    • Nashville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Spivey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Murdock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murdock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
      • Murdock is located in Kingman County
    • Belmont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rago
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rago have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
      • Rago is located in Kingman County
    • Adams
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Adams. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Adams is located in Kingman County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Adams
      • From Penalosa to Adams
  • Barber County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Penalosa, with the one closest to Penalosa listed first.
    • Isabel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
      • Isabel is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Elm Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
      • Elm Mills is located in Barber County
  • Harper County
  • Pratt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Penalosa, with the one closest to Penalosa listed first.
    • Cairo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Preston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Natrona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Natrona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
      • Natrona is located in Pratt County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Natrona
      • From Penalosa to Natrona
    • Iuka
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iuka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
      • Iuka is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Pratt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Sawyer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Byers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
      • Byers is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
  • Reno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Penalosa, with the one closest to Penalosa listed first.
    • Lerado
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lerado. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
      • Lerado is located in Reno County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lerado
      • From Penalosa to Lerado
    • Jordan Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Turon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
      • Turon is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
      • Former name for Turon:
      • Pioneer City
    • Langdon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Arlington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Arlington is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <2>
    • Pretty Prairie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Prairie
      • Pretty Prairie is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pretty Prairie <2>
    • Plevna
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Sylvia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
      • Sylvia is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
      • Sylvia has also been known as:
      • Anderson's Farm
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sylvia
      • From Penalosa to Sylvia
    • Abbyville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbyville
      • Abbyville is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Castleton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
      • Castleton is located in Reno County
    • Partridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Huntsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Huntsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
      • Huntsville is located in Reno County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Huntsville
      • From Penalosa to Huntsville
    • Charters Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Sedgwick County
  • Stafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Penalosa, with the one closest to Penalosa listed first.
    • Neola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
      • Neola is located in Stafford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Neola
      • From Penalosa to Neola
    • Stafford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Penalosa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Penalosa.

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 Penalosa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lerado Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rural Twp. Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rural Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rural Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dresden Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dresden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dresden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cunningham Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cunningham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cunningham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoosier Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoosier Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoosier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Turin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sego Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sego Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sego Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Langdon Maple Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langdon Maple Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langdon Maple Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bainum Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • West Point Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Point Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (81 more) ...
    • Walnut Hill Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Schooley Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Old Langdon Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Langdon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Langdon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Penalosa had a population of 24 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Penalosa had a population of 18 people.

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

  • Lerado
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lerado. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
    • Lerado is located in Reno County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lerado
    • From Penalosa to Lerado
  • Calista ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calista
    • Calista is located in Kingman County
  • Cunningham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
    • Cunningham is located in Kingman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
  • Turon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
    • Turon is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
    • Former name for Turon:
    • Pioneer City
  • Langdon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Kingman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cairo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Preston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Arlington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Arlington is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <2>
  • Neola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Neola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
    • Neola is located in Stafford County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Neola
    • From Penalosa to Neola
  • Cleveland ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
    • Cleveland is located in Kingman County
  • Pretty Prairie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pretty Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Prairie
    • Pretty Prairie is located in Reno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pretty Prairie <2>
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Sylvia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
      • Sylvia is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
      • Sylvia has also been known as:
      • Anderson's Farm
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sylvia
      • From Penalosa to Sylvia
    • Alameda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alameda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
      • Alameda is located in Kingman County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Alameda
      • From Penalosa to Alameda
    • Plevna
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Penalosa ...

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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Penalosa.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Penalosa. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Penalosa and those printed in the larger area surrounding Penalosa.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Penalosa.

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 Penalosa:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Penalosa. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Penalosa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Penalosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7163, Longitude: -98.3193    
<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>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 Penalosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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