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 Pfeifer (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 Pfeifer. 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.
Pfeifer is located in Ellis 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 Ellis County: Barton, Graham, Ness, Osborne, Rooks, Rush, Russell & Trego.
Below are the counties that are near Pfeifer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pfeifer:
- Ellis County (The home county of Pfeifer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pfeifer, with the one closest to Pfeifer listed first.
- Munjor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Munjor is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
- Schoenchen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Victoria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Victoria is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Toulon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Toulon is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Walker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Antonino
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Antonino is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonino
- Hays
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Emmeram
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Emmeram is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmeram
- Yocemento
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yocemento is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocemento
- Hog Back
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hog Back is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
- Ellis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pfeifer, with the one closest to Pfeifer listed first.
- Galatia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Galatia is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Millard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Millard is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Stickney
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stickney is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
- Olmitz
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Albert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Susank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Susank is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Heizer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Heizer is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heizer
- Hoisington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Hoisington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Hoisington is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hoisington
- Kanbrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kanbrick is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanbrick
- Beaver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Beaver is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Pawnee County
- Ash Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Valley
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pfeifer, with the one closest to Pfeifer listed first.
- Loretta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Loretta is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
- Former names for Loretta:
- Illinois
- Marienfeld
- Liebenthal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liebenthal is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Bison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Otis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Crosse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Timken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Timken is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Hargrave
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hargrave is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
- Rush Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nekoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nekoma is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
- McCracken
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Alexander
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pfeifer, with the one closest to Pfeifer listed first.
- Milberger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Milberger is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milberger
- Gorham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Balta ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Balta is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Russell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pfeifer, see our County-by-County Page for Pfeifer.
Cemeteries Near Pfeifer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pfeifer.
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 Pfeifer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pfeifer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pfeifer, with the one closest to Pfeifer listed first.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winterset Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. George Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Fidelis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Baptist Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (68 more) ...
- Lone Star Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
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 in 1895, Pfeifer had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pfeifer, with the one closest to Pfeifer listed first.
- Munjor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Munjor is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
- Liebenthal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liebenthal is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Toulon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Toulon is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Victoria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Victoria is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Galatia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Galatia is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Walker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Bison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Otis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Crosse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gorham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hays
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Millard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Millard is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Timken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Timken is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Hargrave
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hargrave is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pfeifer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pfeifer.
Newspapers Published in Pfeifer ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pfeifer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pfeifer, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pfeifer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Pfeifer:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Ellis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barton County
- Pawnee County
- Rush County
- Russell 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> | 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 Pfeifer, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pfeifer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |