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 Skellyville (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 Skellyville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Skellyville 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 Skellyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Skellyville:
- Kingman County (The home county of Skellyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skellyville, with the one closest to Skellyville listed first.
- Cunningham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Penalosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Willowdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Kingman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Zenda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alameda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alameda is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Spivey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Rago
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rago is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Murdock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Murdock is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
- Adams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Barber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skellyville, with the one closest to Skellyville listed first.
- Isabel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Elm Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Mingona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Medicine Lodge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Pixley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Lake City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Harper County
- Duquoin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Duquoin is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Pratt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skellyville, with the one closest to Skellyville listed first.
- Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Iuka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Pratt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sawyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Coats
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Byers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Byers is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Cullison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Reno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skellyville, with the one closest to Skellyville listed first.
- Turon
(9 miles [14.5 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Lerado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lerado is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
- Langdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Langdon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Sylvia
(19 miles [30.6 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Plevna is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pretty Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Abbyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Abbyville is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Partridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Partridge is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Castleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Castleton is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
- Stafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Skellyville, with the one closest to Skellyville listed first.
- Neola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Stafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stafford is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
- Stafford has also been known as:
- Stafford Center
- Stafford City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stafford <1>
- Saint John
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Skellyville, see our County-by-County Page for Skellyville.
Cemeteries Near Skellyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skellyville.
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 Skellyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Skellyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Skellyville, with the one closest to Skellyville listed first.
- Dresden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rural Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Point Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Turin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Haynesville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neola Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lerado Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lerado Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southeast of Langdon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92880 <3>
- Friendship Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (75 more) ...
- Saratoga Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Old Bross Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Skellyville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Skellyville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Skellyville, with the one closest to Skellyville listed first.
- Cunningham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Penalosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Calista ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Calista is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calista
- Turon
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Lerado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lerado is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
- Natrona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Neola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Langdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Langdon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Isabel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Iuka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pratt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Sawyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Skellyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Skellyville.
Newspapers Published in Skellyville ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skellyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Skellyville, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Skellyville.
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 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 Skellyville:
- 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Skellyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Skellyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |