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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 Rozel (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 Rozel. 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.

Rozel is located in Pawnee County.

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 Pawnee County: Barton, Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Rush & Stafford.

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

  • Pawnee County     (The home county of Rozel)
  • Barton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rozel, with the one closest to Rozel listed first.
    • Pawnee Rock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Albert
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
      • Albert is located in Barton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albert <1>
    • Dundee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Edwards County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rozel, with the one closest to Rozel listed first.
    • Nettleton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nettleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
      • Nettleton is located in Edwards County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Nettleton
      • From Rozel to Nettleton
    • Kinsley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lewis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
      • Lewis is located in Edwards County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <1>
    • Ardell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ardell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardell
      • Ardell is located in Edwards County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ardell
      • From Rozel to Ardell
    • Offerle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Belpre
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hodges
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hodges. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
      • Hodges is located in Edwards County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hodges
      • From Rozel to Hodges
    • Williams ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Williams is located in Edwards County
    • Centerview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Fellsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsburg
      • Fellsburg is located in Edwards County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fellsburg
      • From Rozel to Fellsburg
  • Ford County
  • Hodgeman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rozel, with the one closest to Rozel listed first.
    • Hanston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jetmore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Ness County
    • Bazine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bazine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazine
      • Bazine is located in Ness County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
  • Rush County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rozel, with the one closest to Rozel listed first.
    • Nekoma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nekoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
      • Nekoma is located in Rush County
    • Rush Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Center
      • Rush Center is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Center <1>
    • Alexander
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alexander. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
      • Alexander is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Alexander
      • From Rozel to Alexander
    • Timken
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • La Crosse
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Hargrave
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hargrave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
      • Hargrave is located in Rush County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hargrave
      • From Rozel to Hargrave
    • Bison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
      • Bison is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • McCracken
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCracken have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCracken
      • McCracken is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCracken <1>
    • Otis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
      • Otis is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otis <1>
  • Stafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rozel, with the one closest to Rozel listed first.
    • Radium
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Macksville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Rozel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rozel.

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

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

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rozel had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Rozel had a population of 137 people.

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

  • Burdett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Garfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ash Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gray
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Gray is located in Hodgeman County
  • Nettleton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nettleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
    • Nettleton is located in Edwards County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Nettleton
    • From Rozel to Nettleton
  • Larned
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hanston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Kinsley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lewis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Lewis is located in Edwards County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <1>
  • Rush Center
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Center
    • Rush Center is located in Rush County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Center <1>
  • Nekoma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nekoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
    • Nekoma is located in Rush County
  • Alexander
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alexander. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
    • Alexander is located in Rush County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Alexander
    • From Rozel to Alexander
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Riverside
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Ness County
    • Offerle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Timken
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Rozel ...

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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rozel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rozel, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rozel.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Rozel:

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

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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- Rozel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rozel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1963, Longitude: -99.4019    
<6>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 Rozel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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