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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Sand Creek during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Sand Creek was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Sand Creek (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 Sand Creek. 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 Sand Creek ...

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.

Another variation: Sandcreek.

  • A typical abbreviation for Sand Creek: Sand Crk. (or less commonly used: Sand Ck. or Sand Cr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sand Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sand Creek.

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 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.

Sand Creek is located in Harvey 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 Harvey County: Butler, Marion, McPherson, Reno & Sedgwick.

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

  • Harvey County     (The home county of Sand Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
    • Newton
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • McGraw
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • McGraw is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
    • North Newton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Van Arsdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Van Arsdale is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Arsdale
    • Zimmerdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Zimmerdale is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerdale
    • Putnam
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Putnam is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
    • McLains
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • McLains is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLains
    • Halstead
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Walton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hesston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedgwick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Annelly
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Annelly is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annelly
    • Paxton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Paxton is located in Harvey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
    • Elbing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Elbing is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbing
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
    • Whitewater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Brainerd
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Brainerd is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
    • Potwin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Potwin is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
    • Benton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hopkins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Hopkins is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
    • Sunset Acres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset Acres is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
    • Prairie Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Prairie Village is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
    • Towanda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • De Graff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • De Graff is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
    • Andover
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Midian
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Midian is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midian
    • Lorena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lorena is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
    • Goessel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Goessel is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goessel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
    • Peabody
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Peabody is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
      • Former name for Peabody:
      • Coneburgh
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peabody <2>
    • Hillsboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Lehigh
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lehigh is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Aulne ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Aulne is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulne
    • Burns
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Burns is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Canada
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Canada is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada
    • Waldeck
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Waldeck is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldeck
    • Oursler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oursler is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oursler
    • Eastshore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Eastshore is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastshore
    • Florence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Marion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • McPherson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
    • Moundridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Elyria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Elyria is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
    • Canton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Galva
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Galva is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galva
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galva <2>
    • Inman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Inman is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,324 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <2>
    • Groveland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Groveland is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
    • McPherson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Reno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
    • Punkin Center ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Punkin Center is located in Reno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
    • Buhler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Buhler is located in Reno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhler
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
      • Buhler has also been known as:
      • Tulip Town
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buhler <2>
    • Haven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Obeeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Obeeville is located in Reno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obeeville
    • Saint Joe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Joe is located in Reno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
    • Medora
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Medora is located in Reno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
    • Yoder
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Elmer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Elmer is located in Reno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
    • Hutchinson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Sedgwick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek listed first.
    • Bentley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Coleman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Coleman is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
    • Valley Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Park City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Kechi
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • 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 <2>
    • Wichita Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wichita Heights is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wichita Heights
    • Bel Aire
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Maize
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • 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 <2>
    • Greenwich
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Colwich
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Hope
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Andale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cow Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Cow Town is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Town

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

Cemeteries Near Sand Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Creek.

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 Sand Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sand Creek, with the one closest to Sand Creek 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.<5>

While we didn't find Sand Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sand Creek.

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

  • Newton
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Putnam
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Putnam is located in Harvey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
  • McLains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • McLains is located in Harvey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLains
  • Halstead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Sedgwick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hesston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Walton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Annelly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Annelly is located in Harvey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annelly
  • Bentley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunnydale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Sunnydale is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
  • Valley Center
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Furley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Furley is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furley
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Whitewater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Moundridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Brainerd
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Brainerd is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd

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

Newspapers Published in Sand Creek ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sand Creek, 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 Sand Creek.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Sand Creek:

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Sand Creek and then turned east". While Sand Creek could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Sand Creek as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sand Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Kansas community named Sand Creek.
<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sand Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Sand Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.