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 Sharon (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 Sharon. 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 Sharon ...
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.
Prior to its current name of Sharon, it was known as Bible Valley.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sharon. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sharon.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Sharon is located in Barber 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 Barber County: Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt, Alfalfa (OK) & Woods (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Sharon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sharon:
- Barber County (The home county of Sharon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Pixley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Gerlane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gerlane is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerlane
- Medicine Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hazelton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Mingona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Isabel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Kiowa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kiowa is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Kiowa has also been known as:
- Kiowa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Stubbs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stubbs is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Elm Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Hardtner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eldred ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eldred is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
- Lake City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Harper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Crisfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
- Attica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ruella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruella is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Duquoin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Harper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Waldron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waldron is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Anthony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Runnymede
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Runnymede is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Danville is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Danville has also been known as:
- Coalville
- Kingman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Nashville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Zenda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willowdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Spivey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Rago
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rago is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Cunningham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Adams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Alameda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alameda is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Pratt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Sawyer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Cairo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Coats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Alfalfa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Amorita
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Burlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Byron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Grant County (OK)
- Manchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woods County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Capron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Capron is located in Woods County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
- Winchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester is located in Woods County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sharon, see our County-by-County Page for Sharon.
Cemeteries Near Sharon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharon.
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 Sharon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sharon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sharon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Crisfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burgess Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mumford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Baird Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Highland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Twp. Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (49 more) ...
- John Jesse Gravesite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Kiowa.
- The Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kiowa Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93501 <2>
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sharon had a population of 304 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sharon had a population of 142 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Pixley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Crisfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
- Medicine Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Attica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hazelton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Nashville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Corwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Corwin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Crystal Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crystal Springs is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Zenda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mingona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Kiowa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kiowa is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Kiowa has also been known as:
- Kiowa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
- Isabel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ruella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruella is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Spivey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Elm Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sharon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharon.
Newspapers Published in Sharon ...
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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharon, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sharon.
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 Sharon:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Barber County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Harper County
- Kingman County
- Pratt County
- Alfalfa County
- Grant County
- Woods 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sharon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sharon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |