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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Stone City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Stone City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stone City, 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 Stone City (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 Stone City. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Stone City is historic, it would have been located within present day Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Crawford, Labette, Jasper (MO), Newton (MO), Craig (OK) & Ottawa (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Stone City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stone City:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Stone City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- East Mineral ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Mineral is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mineral
- Hamilton Camp ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Camp is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Camp
- Mayer ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mayer is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayer
- Carona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carona is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carona
- Monte Carlo ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monte Carlo is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Carlo
- West Mineral
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roseland is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Cokedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cokedale is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
- Mackie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mackie is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackie
- Scammon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Skidmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skidmore is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Pawnee Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pawnee Station is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Station
- Hiattville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hiattville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiattville
- Porterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Porterville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Monmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monmouth is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McCune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Klendike
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Klendike is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klendike
- Beulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Kirkwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Lone Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Pittsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Girard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Capaldo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Capaldo is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capaldo
- Radley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Radley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radley
- Greenbush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greenbush is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Frontenac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Labette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Strauss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Strauss is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
- Oswego
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Labette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Labette is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Labette has also been known as:
- Labette City
- Parsons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chetopa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Altamont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bartlett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bartlett is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Dennis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mound Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mound Valley is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Penfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Penfield is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penfield
- Edna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neosho County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Saint Paul
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Erie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Galesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Galesburg is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Stark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stark is located in Neosho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Barton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Mindenmines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Burgess
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burgess is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Estimated population in 2017: 54 people
- Liberal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liberal is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Jasper County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Asbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Opolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Opolis is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opolis
- Waco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Waco is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Klondike
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Klondike is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Smithfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Medoc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Medoc is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medoc
- Carl Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Thoms
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- Central City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Central City is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Airport Drive
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Airport Drive is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Lone Elm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Iron Gates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Newton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Grand Falls Plaza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Cliff Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Dennis Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Loma Linda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Leawood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leawood is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Redings Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Saginaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Silver Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Spring City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring City is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Picher ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cardin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Commerce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Quapaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lincolnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- North Miami
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Miami
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Miami is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,947 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <2>
- Peoria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Dotyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stone City, see our County-by-County Page for Stone City.
Cemeteries Near Stone City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stone City.
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 Stone City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stone City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Star Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monmouth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Borland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Bridget Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hosey Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rigney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- LaRue Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Edgmand Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Osage Brethren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Osage Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- McCune Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Friends Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McKee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Stone City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stone City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stone City, with the one closest to Stone City listed first.
- Monmouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Monmouth is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Scammon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Weir
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Weir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Fleming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- McCune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sherwin is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwin
- Beulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Hallowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hallowell is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallowell
- Columbus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chicopee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chicopee is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Montana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Montana is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lone Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Laneville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Laneville is located in Labette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneville
- Oswego
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stone City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stone City.
Newspapers Published in Stone City ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stone City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stone City, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stone City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Stone City:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bourbon County
- Crawford County
- Labette County
- Neosho County
- Barton County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Ottawa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
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 Stone City, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stone City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |