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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Sanford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sanford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sanford, please Contact Us.

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 Sanford (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 Sanford. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Sanford is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Sanford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sanford:

  • Pawnee County     (The home county of Sanford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sanford, with the one closest to Sanford listed first.
    • Rozel
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
      • Rozel is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
    • Garfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Ash Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Valley
      • Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
    • Larned
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Burdett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
      • Burdett is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
    • Ray ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
      • Ray is located in Pawnee County
  • Barton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sanford, with the one closest to Sanford listed first.
    • Pawnee Rock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Dundee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
      • Dundee is located in Barton County
    • Albert
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Heizer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heizer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heizer
      • Heizer is located in Barton County
    • Anchorway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorway
      • Anchorway is located in Barton County
    • Olmitz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Edwards County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sanford, with the one closest to Sanford listed first.
    • Nettleton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nettleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
      • Nettleton is located in Edwards County
    • Lewis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Kinsley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Belpre
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
      • Belpre is located in Edwards County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Offerle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerle
      • Offerle is located in Edwards County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Centerview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
      • Centerview is located in Edwards County
    • Williams ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Williams is located in Edwards County
    • Fellsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fellsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellsburg
      • Fellsburg is located in Edwards County
    • Trousdale ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trousdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
      • Trousdale is located in Edwards County
  • Hodgeman County
    • Hanston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
      • Hanston is located in Hodgeman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
  • Ness County
    • Bazine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bazine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 Sanford, with the one closest to Sanford listed first.
    • 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.<3> 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 <2>
    • Nekoma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nekoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
      • Nekoma is located in Rush County
    • Timken
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timken
      • Timken is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
    • Alexander
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexander have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
      • Alexander is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Bison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
    • La Crosse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Crosse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
      • La Crosse is located in Rush County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Crosse <2>
    • Hargrave
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hargrave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
      • Hargrave is located in Rush County
    • Otis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • McCracken
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCracken have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
  • Stafford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sanford, with the one closest to Sanford listed first.
    • Radium
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
      • Radium is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Macksville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Seward
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seward have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
      • Seward is located in Stafford County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people

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

Newspapers Published in Sanford ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sanford.

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

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 helpful 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 Sanford:

Cemeteries Near Sanford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sanford.

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

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

  • Ft. Larned Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rozel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Garfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Larned Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Larned Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Larned.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Larned Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92858 <5>
  • Ash Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
  • Browns Grove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • Hope Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pratt Cemetery
    • Zook Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
  • Wayne Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • Continue List   (49 more) ...
    • Old Kinsley Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Kinsley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Kinsley Cemetery
    • St. Nicholas Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Nicholas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Cemetery
    • Union Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery

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.

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

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

  • Rozel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozel
    • Rozel is located in Pawnee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Garfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Garfield is located in Pawnee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
  • Ash Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Valley
    • Ash Valley is located in Pawnee County
  • Larned
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Burdett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
    • Burdett is located in Pawnee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
  • Nettleton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nettleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
    • Nettleton is located in Edwards County
  • Lewis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
  • Gray
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Gray is located in Hodgeman County
  • Kinsley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ray ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
    • Ray is located in Pawnee County
  • Pawnee Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Belpre
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
    • Belpre is located in Edwards County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • 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.<3> 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 <2>
    • Hanston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
      • Hanston is located in Hodgeman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
    • Nekoma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nekoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
      • Nekoma is located in Rush County

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Sanford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Sanford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sanford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1806, Longitude: -99.3143       In this case, the coordinates for Sanford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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