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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 Rolling Hills (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 Rolling Hills. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Rolling Hills is located in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County: Butler, Cowley, Harvey, Kingman, Reno & Sumner.

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

  • Sedgwick County     (The home county of Rolling Hills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Hills, with the one closest to Rolling Hills listed first.
    • Westlink Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Westlink Village is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlink Village
    • Cow Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town
    • Maize
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Maize is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maize
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,267 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maize <1>
    • Oatville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oatville is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatville
    • Wichita
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Murray Gill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Murray Gill is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Gill
    • Goddard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Wichita Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Wichita Heights is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichita Heights
    • Colwich
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayneville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bayneville is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayneville
    • Haysville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Eastborough
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Eastborough is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastborough
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
    • Clonmel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Clonmel is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clonmel
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Hills, with the one closest to Rolling Hills listed first.
    • Prairie Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Prairie Village is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
    • Andover
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Andover is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,672 people
      • Andover has also been known as:
      • Cloud City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <1>
    • Sunset Acres
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Sunset Acres is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
    • Rose Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Benton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Lorena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Lorena is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena
    • Salter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Salter is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
    • Gordon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Gordon is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Towanda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Whitewater
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Augusta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Brainerd
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Brainerd is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
    • Douglass
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cowley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Hills, with the one closest to Rolling Hills listed first.
    • Udall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harvey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Hills, with the one closest to Rolling Hills listed first.
    • Sedgwick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Putnam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Putnam is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
    • Van Arsdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Van Arsdale is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Arsdale
    • Patterson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Patterson is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
    • Halstead
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • McGraw
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • McGraw is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
    • Paxton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Paxton is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
    • Annelly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Annelly is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annelly
    • McLains
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • McLains is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLains
    • Newton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Burrton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Burrton is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
    • North Newton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Zimmerdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Zimmerdale is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerdale
  • Kingman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Hills, with the one closest to Rolling Hills listed first.
    • Norwich
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Murdock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Murdock is located in Kingman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
  • Reno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Hills, with the one closest to Rolling Hills listed first.
    • Saint Joe
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Saint Joe is located in Reno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
    • Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Punkin Center ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Punkin Center is located in Reno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
    • Yoder
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sumner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rolling Hills, with the one closest to Rolling Hills listed first.
    • Millerton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Millerton is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • Anson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Anson is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
    • Belle Plaine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Conway Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Milton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Milton is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Cicero
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cicero is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
    • Ewell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ewell is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
    • Roland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Roland is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
    • Mayfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Mayfield is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Wellington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Rolling Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rolling Hills.

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 Rolling Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rolling Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Rest haven Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Jamesburg Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Maize Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Chikaskia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • St. Mark Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Temple Emanuel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (134 more) ...

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 Rolling Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rolling Hills.

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

  • Maize
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Maize is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maize
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,267 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maize <1>
  • Oatville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oatville is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatville
  • Goddard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Wichita
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wichita Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wichita Heights is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichita Heights
  • Colwich
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bayneville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Bayneville is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayneville
  • Haysville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Tolerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tolerville is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolerville
  • Minneha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Minneha is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneha
  • Kechi
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kechi is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kechi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kechi <1>
  • Valley Center
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Clearwater
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Andale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden Plain
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Garden Plain is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people

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

Newspapers Published in Rolling Hills ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rolling Hills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rolling Hills, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rolling Hills.

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 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 Rolling Hills:

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 Rolling Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Rolling Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.