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 Saint Leo (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 Saint Leo. 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 Saint Leo ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Saint Leo: St. Leo
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Leo. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Leo.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Saint Leo is located in Kingman 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 Kingman County: Barber, Harper, Pratt, Reno, Sedgwick & Sumner.
Below are the counties that are near Saint Leo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Leo:
- Kingman County (The home county of Saint Leo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Leo, with the one closest to Saint Leo listed first.
- Willowdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Cunningham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Zenda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Penalosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Spivey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Rago
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rago is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Kingman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alameda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alameda is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Belmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Adams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Murdock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Murdock is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
- Barber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Leo, with the one closest to Saint Leo listed first.
- Isabel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Elm Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Pixley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Sharon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Former name for Sharon:
- Bible Valley
- Medicine Lodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mingona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Gerlane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gerlane is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerlane
- Sun City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hazelton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Harper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Leo, with the one closest to Saint Leo listed first.
- Duquoin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Attica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crisfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
- Harper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Runnymede
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Runnymede is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
- Pratt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Leo, with the one closest to Saint Leo listed first.
- Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Sawyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Preston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Natrona
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Pratt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Iuka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iuka is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Coats
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Cullison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Byers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Byers is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Reno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Leo, with the one closest to Saint Leo listed first.
- Lerado
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lerado is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
- Turon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Turon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Former name for Turon:
- Pioneer City
- Jordan Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Langdon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Langdon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Pretty Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sylvia is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Sylvia has also been known as:
- Anderson's Farm
- Plevna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plevna is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Stafford County
- Neola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Leo, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Leo.
Cemeteries Near Saint Leo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Leo.
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 Saint Leo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Leo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Leo, with the one closest to Saint Leo listed first.
- West Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Bross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rural Twp. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. John Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Isabel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nichols Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mumford Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Burgess Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (66 more) ...
- Cairo Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ellenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Saint Leo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Leo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Leo, with the one closest to Saint Leo listed first.
- Nashville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Isabel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Cunningham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Zenda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calista ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calista is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calista
- Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Penalosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Spivey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Cleveland ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cleveland is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Sawyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Elm Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Preston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rago
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rago is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Kingman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lerado
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lerado is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Leo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Leo.
Newspapers Published in Saint Leo ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Leo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Leo, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Leo.
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 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 Saint Leo:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Kingman County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barber County
- Harper County
- Pratt County
- Reno County
- Stafford 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> | 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 Saint Leo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Saint Leo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |