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 Seguin (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 Seguin. 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.
Seguin is located in Sheridan 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 Sheridan County: Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton & Thomas.
Below are the counties that are near Seguin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seguin:
- Sheridan County (The home county of Seguin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seguin, with the one closest to Seguin listed first.
- Hoxie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Selden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Selden is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Studley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Studley is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studley
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seguin, with the one closest to Seguin listed first.
- Leoville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leoville is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoville
- Dresden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allison ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Allison is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Jennings
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jennings is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Gove County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seguin, with the one closest to Seguin listed first.
- Grinnell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grinnell is located in Gove County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Grinnell has also been known as:
- Grinnette Springs
- Grainfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Park is located in Gove County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Gove City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gove City is located in Gove County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Gove City has also been known as:
- Gove
- Quinter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Graham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seguin, with the one closest to Seguin listed first.
- Morland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Peter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Peter is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seguin, with the one closest to Seguin listed first.
- Oakley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monument
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monument is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
- Thomas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seguin, with the one closest to Seguin listed first.
- Menlo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Menlo is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Rexford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gem is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Spica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spica is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spica
- Colby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seguin, see our County-by-County Page for Seguin.
Cemeteries Near Seguin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seguin.
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 Seguin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seguin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seguin, with the one closest to Seguin listed first.
- St. Martins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hoxie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Menlo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rexford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grinnell Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Selden Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grainfield Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gem Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- Oakley Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Creek Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Seguin had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seguin, with the one closest to Seguin listed first.
- Menlo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Menlo is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Hoxie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rexford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grinnell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grinnell is located in Gove County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Grinnell has also been known as:
- Grinnette Springs
- Selden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Selden is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Grainfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tasco is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasco
- Gem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gem is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Spica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spica is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spica
- Oakley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Park is located in Gove County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Mingo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mingo is located in Thomas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Dresden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Studley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Studley is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studley
- Lucerne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lucerne is located in Sheridan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seguin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seguin.
Newspapers Published in Seguin ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seguin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seguin, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Seguin.
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 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 Seguin:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Sheridan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Decatur County
- Gove County
- Graham County
- Logan County
- Thomas 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 Seguin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Seguin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |