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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Quakervale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Quakervale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Quakervale, please Contact Us.
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 Quakervale (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 Quakervale. 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.
Name Variations for Quakervale ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Quakervale has also been known as: Quakerville and Quickville.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Quakervale is historic, it would have been located within present day Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Crawford, Labette, Jasper (MO), Newton (MO), Craig (OK) & Ottawa (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Quakervale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Quakervale:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Quakervale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Riverton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lowell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Quaker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker
- Baxter Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Empire City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- Baxter Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Neutral
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Neutral is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neutral
- Neutral has also been known as:
- Neutral City
- East Galena
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Commonwealth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Commonwealth is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Crestline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Badger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Cherokee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Opolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Opolis is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Kirkwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Klendike
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Klendike is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
- Pittsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monmouth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monmouth is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Lone Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- McCune
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Frontenac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Capaldo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Cornell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cornell is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Radley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Radley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radley
- Labette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Chetopa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oswego
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Strauss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Strauss is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
- Bartlett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bartlett is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Labette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Labette is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Labette has also been known as:
- Labette City
- Barton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Nashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Mindenmines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jasper County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Central City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Central City is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Klondike
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Smithfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Iron Gates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- West Joplin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Carl Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Thoms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Joplin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Elm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Airport Drive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Airport Drive is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- East Joplin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Oakland Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oakland Park is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
- McDonald County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- May
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- May is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Tiff City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Goodman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Loma Linda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Grand Falls Plaza
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Cliff Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Dennis Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Redings Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Spring City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring City is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Leawood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leawood is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Saginaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Silver Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Racine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Racine is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Seneca
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Craig County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Welch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bluejacket
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Cayuga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cayuga is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Copeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Copeland is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Picher ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Quapaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cardin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Commerce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Miami
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Ottawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Miami
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,947 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <2>
- Dotyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Wyandotte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kellyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Quakervale, see our County-by-County Page for Quakervale.
Cemeteries Near Quakervale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quakervale.
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 Quakervale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Quakervale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Quaker Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Usrey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gandy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Faith Community Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boston Mills - Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ferris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Timberhill Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lowell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brush Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- Baxter Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Galena Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Quakervale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Quakervale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Quakervale, with the one closest to Quakervale listed first.
- Lowell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Baxter Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Empire City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Neutral
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Neutral is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neutral
- Neutral has also been known as:
- Neutral City
- Crestline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crestline is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
- Smithfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blendville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blendville is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendville
- West Joplin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Thoms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Carl Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Keelville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Keelville is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelville
- Joplin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Quakervale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quakervale.
Newspapers Published in Quakervale ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quakervale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quakervale, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Quakervale.
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 Quakervale:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Labette County
- Barton County
- Jasper County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Craig County
- Delaware County
- Ottawa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Quakervale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Quakervale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |