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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 Speed (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 Speed. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Speed is located in Phillips 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 Phillips County: Graham, Norton, Rooks, Smith, Franklin (NE) & Harlan (NE).

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

  • Phillips County     (The home county of Speed)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speed, with the one closest to Speed listed first.
    • Glade
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
      • Glade is located in Phillips County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • Phillipsburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillipsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
      • Phillipsburg is located in Phillips County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,420 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phillipsburg <2>
    • Logan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Stuttgart
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
      • Stuttgart is located in Phillips County
    • Prairie View
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
      • Prairie View is located in Phillips County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
    • Kirwin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Agra
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
      • Agra is located in Phillips County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
    • Long Island
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
      • Long Island is located in Phillips County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Graham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speed, with the one closest to Speed listed first.
    • Nicodemus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicodemus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicodemus
      • Nicodemus is located in Graham County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nicodemus <2>
    • Roscoe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
      • Roscoe is located in Graham County
    • Bogue
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Bogue is located in Graham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
      • Bogue has also been known as:
      • Wildhorse
  • Norton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speed, with the one closest to Speed listed first.
    • Densmore
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Densmore
      • Densmore is located in Norton County
    • Almena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
      • Almena is located in Norton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
    • Edmond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
      • Edmond is located in Norton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
      • Edmond has also been known as:
      • Edmond City
    • Norton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
      • Norton is located in Norton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,709 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton <2>
  • Osborne County
    • Alton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Alton is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Rooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speed, with the one closest to Speed listed first.
    • Stockton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
      • Stockton is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
      • Former name for Stockton:
      • Stocktown
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <2>
    • Woodston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
      • Woodston is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Woodston has also been known as:
      • Woodston Saw
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodston <2>
    • Damar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Palco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palco
      • Palco is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
    • Zurich
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
      • Zurich is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Speed, with the one closest to Speed listed first.
    • Claudell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claudell
      • Claudell is located in Smith County
    • Kensington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
      • Kensington is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
    • Cedar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
      • Cedar is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
    • Athol
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
      • Athol is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
    • Gaylord
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gaylord have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
      • Gaylord is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaylord <2>
  • Harlan County (NE)
    • Alma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Alma is located in Harlan County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Speed ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Speed.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Speed. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Speed and those printed in the larger area surrounding Speed.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Speed.

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 Speed:

Cemeteries Near Speed ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Speed.

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

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

  • Belmont Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belmont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmont Cemetery
  • Belmont Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belmont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmont Cemetery
  • Plainview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainview Cemetery
  • Marvin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marvin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marvin Cemetery
  • St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
  • Lockwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lockwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lockwood Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
  • Old Logan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Logan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Logan Cemetery
  • Bow Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bow Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bow Creek Cemetery
  • Hillsdale Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillsdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillsdale Cemetery
  • Continue List   (84 more) ...
    • Iowa Union Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iowa Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iowa Union Cemetery
    • Prairie Dale Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Dale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Dale Cemetery
    • Prairie View Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie View 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.<4>

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

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

  • Glade
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
    • Glade is located in Phillips County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
  • Phillipsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillipsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Phillipsburg is located in Phillips County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,420 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phillipsburg <2>
  • Logan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Stuttgart
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
    • Stuttgart is located in Phillips County
  • Gretna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gretna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
    • Gretna is located in Phillips County
  • Prairie View
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
    • Prairie View is located in Phillips County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Kirwin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Agra
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
    • Agra is located in Phillips County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Densmore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Densmore
    • Densmore is located in Norton County
  • Webster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Webster is located in Rooks County
  • Stockton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
    • Stockton is located in Rooks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
    • Former name for Stockton:
    • Stocktown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <2>
  • Long Island
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
    • Long Island is located in Phillips County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Woodruff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodruff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
      • Woodruff is located in Phillips County
    • Kensington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
      • Kensington is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
    • Almena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
      • Almena is located in Norton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Speed. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Phillips County: www.phillipscounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Speed) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Speed. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6766, Longitude: -99.4211       In this case, the coordinates for Speed have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Speed, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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