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 Powhattan (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 Powhattan. 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 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.
Powhattan is located in Brown 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 Brown County: Atchison, Doniphan, Jackson, Nemaha & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Powhattan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powhattan:
- Brown County (The home county of Powhattan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Baker ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Mercier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Willis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hiawatha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Horton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sun Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Springs is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
- Hamlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Padonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Robinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Morrill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Morrill is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Everest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Muscotah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Huron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Effingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arrington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Monrovia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Cummings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Atchison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doniphan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Leona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Purcell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Denton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Highland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Severance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Iowa Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- White Cloud
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- White Cloud is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Bendena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Sparks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Fanning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Brenner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Netawaka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Whiting
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Holton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Larkinburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Circleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Soldier
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Denison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mayetta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Half Mound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Nortonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Nemaha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Granada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Capioma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- Wetmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Sabetha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Oneida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oneida is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Goff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goff is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Kelly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Bern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bern is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
- Corning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Central City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Central City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Pottawatomie County
- Havensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holt County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Big Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Lake is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Fortescue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Forest City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forbes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Forbes is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Bigelow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Oregon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pawnee County (NE)
- Du Bois
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Preston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Falls City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
- Rulo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
- Straussville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Straussville is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straussville
- Nim City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nim City is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nim City
- Verdon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arago ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Arago is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powhattan, see our County-by-County Page for Powhattan.
Cemeteries Near Powhattan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powhattan.
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 Powhattan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powhattan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Powhattan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan Cemetery
- The Powhattan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kickapoo Indian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Comet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jessepe Indian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Claytonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Claytonville Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the south of Hiawatha.
- Tyler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Niles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fairview City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview City Cemetery
- The Fairview City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lambertson Cemetery
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- Granada Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wheatland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shelton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Powhattan had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Powhattan had a population of 72 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powhattan, with the one closest to Powhattan listed first.
- Baker ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Willis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Granada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Horton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hiawatha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fidelity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fidelity is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Capioma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- Kennekuk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kennekuk is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennekuk
- Hamlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Netawaka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Padonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Wetmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morrill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Morrill is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Whiting
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powhattan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powhattan.
Newspapers Published in Powhattan ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powhattan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powhattan, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powhattan.
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 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 Powhattan:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Doniphan County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Nemaha County
- Pottawatomie County
- Holt County
- Pawnee County
- Richardson 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Powhattan) 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 Powhattan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |