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 Ringer (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 Ringer. 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 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.
Ringer is located in Miami 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 Miami County: Anderson, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Linn, Bates (MO) & Cass (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Ringer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ringer:
- Miami County (The home county of Ringer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Paola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Osawatomie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Block
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Stanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Somerset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Hillsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- New Lancaster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Chiles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chiles is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Louisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <1>
- Jingo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Bucyrus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Greeley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Bush City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Garnett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenlock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlock
- Selma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Selma is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Baldwin City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Vinland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
- Hesper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hesper is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Sibleyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sibleyville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyville
- Worden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Worden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Eudora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Weaver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Rantoul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Lane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Imes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Peoria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Wellsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Le Loup
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Le Loup is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Loup
- B N Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- B N Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B N Junction
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ottawa Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Junction
- Ottawa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Norwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Edgerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
- Spring Hill has also been known as:
- Spring Hill Station
- Springfield
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <1>
- Gardner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clare
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Stilwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Olathe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clearview City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- Overland Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- De Soto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lenexa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Cadmus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Parker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- La Cygne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Goodrich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- Boicourt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Pleasanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Critzer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Mound City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bates County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Drexel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Merwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Merwin is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Amsterdam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burdett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Burdett is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Amoret
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Amoret is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Worland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worland is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Cass County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- West Line
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Line is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Cleveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Freeman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Main City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Main City is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
- Lake Annette
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lake Annette is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Riverview Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Loch Lloyd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Harrelson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Peculiar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Archie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Raymore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Martin City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Belvidere
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- New Santa Fe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ringer, see our County-by-County Page for Ringer.
Cemeteries Near Ringer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ringer.
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 Ringer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ringer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Miami Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Osawatomie State Hospital Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Osawatomie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Elmdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- City of Paola Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of Paola Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City of Paola Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Paola.
- The City of Paola Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elmwood Cemetery
- Green Lawn Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Paola Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1962708 <2>
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ursula Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Miami County Poor Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Indianapolis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Whiteford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteford Cemetery
- The Whiteford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Osage Cemetery
- Debrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lessenden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Ringer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ringer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ringer, with the one closest to Ringer listed first.
- Osawatomie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Block
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- O'Brien
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- O'Brien is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Brien
- Stanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Beagle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beagle is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- Fontana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Somerset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- New Lancaster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Wagstaff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wagstaff is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagstaff
- Rantoul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Chiles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chiles is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Cadmus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ringer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ringer.
Newspapers Published in Ringer ...
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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ringer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ringer, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ringer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Ringer:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Johnson County
- Linn County
- Bates County
- Cass County
- Jackson 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> | 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 Ringer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ringer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |