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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 Pratt (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 Pratt. 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 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.

Pratt is located in Pratt County and is the County Seat.

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 Pratt County: Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kingman, Kiowa, Reno & Stafford.

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

  • Pratt County     (The home county of Pratt)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pratt, with the one closest to Pratt listed first.
    • Iuka
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Natrona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
      • Natrona is located in Pratt County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Natrona
      • From Pratt to Natrona
    • Cullison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cairo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sawyer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Coats
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
      • Coats is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • Preston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Byers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
  • Barber County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pratt, with the one closest to Pratt listed first.
    • Elm Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Isabel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Lake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sun City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
      • Sun City is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun City <3>
    • Forest City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Barber County
    • Mingona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mingona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
      • Mingona is located in Barber County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mingona
      • From Pratt to Mingona
    • Medicine Lodge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Deerhead
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Deerhead. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhead
      • Deerhead is located in Barber County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Deerhead
      • From Pratt to Deerhead
    • Pixley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pixley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
      • Pixley is located in Barber County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pixley
      • From Pratt to Pixley
  • Edwards County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pratt, with the one closest to Pratt listed first.
    • Trousdale ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trousdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
      • Trousdale is located in Edwards County
    • Fellsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fellsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsburg
      • Fellsburg is located in Edwards County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fellsburg
      • From Pratt to Fellsburg
    • Belpre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pratt, with the one closest to Pratt listed first.
    • Cunningham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Nashville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Penalosa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Willowdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Zenda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 <3>
  • Kiowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pratt, with the one closest to Pratt listed first.
    • Wellsford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Haviland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haviland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
      • Haviland is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haviland <3>
    • Belvidere
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Brenham ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brenham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
      • Brenham is located in Kiowa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brenham
      • From Pratt to Brenham
    • Greensburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Reno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pratt, with the one closest to Pratt listed first.
    • Turon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Jordan Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lerado
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • 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.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
      • Lerado is located in Reno County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lerado
      • From Pratt to Lerado
    • Langdon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sylvia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Pratt to Sylvia
  • Stafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pratt, with the one closest to Pratt listed first.
    • Neola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • 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.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
      • Neola is located in Stafford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Neola
      • From Pratt to Neola
    • Stafford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Saint John
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
      • Saint John is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint John <3>
    • Macksville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Pratt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pratt.

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

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

  • Green lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green lawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Saratoga Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saratoga Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saratoga Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ruddick Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ruddick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ruddick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Iuka Twp. Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iuka Twp. Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iuka Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cairo Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cairo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cairo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Coats Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coats Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coats Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunset Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ellenwood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...
    • Pleasant Plains Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East Slope Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Slope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Slope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Byers Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byers Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Byers 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pratt had a population of 1,418 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pratt had a population of 6,463 people.

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

  • Iuka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • 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
  • Natrona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
    • Natrona is located in Pratt County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Natrona
    • From Pratt to Natrona
  • Cullison
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Coats
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
    • Coats is located in Pratt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
  • Sawyer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Cairo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Preston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Springvale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springvale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
    • Springvale is located in Pratt County
    • Springvale has also been known as:
    • Springdale
  • Elm Mills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Wellsford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Isabel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Cunningham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Neola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • 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.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
      • Neola is located in Stafford County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Neola
      • From Pratt to Neola
    • Sun City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
      • Sun City is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun City <3>
    • Lake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pratt ...

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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pratt.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pratt. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pratt and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pratt.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5> of Pratt.

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 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 Pratt:

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

The official website for Pratt County: www.prattcounty.org/

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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pratt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Pratt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pratt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6460, Longitude: -98.7395    









 

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