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 Strawberry (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 Strawberry. 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 hospitals 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.
Strawberry is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Clay, Cloud, Marshall, Republic, Riley, Gage (NE), Jefferson (NE) & Thayer (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Strawberry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Strawberry:
- Washington County (The home county of Strawberry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- Brantford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brantford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantford
- Palmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palmer is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Linn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Haddam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Haddam is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Haddam has also been known as:
- Haddam City
- West Haddam
- Morrowville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morrowville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Clifton has also been known as:
- West Clifton
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <1>
- Blocker ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Blocker is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocker
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenleaf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kimeo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kimeo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimeo
- Chepstow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chepstow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepstow
- Mahaska
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mahaska is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- Vining
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vining is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Garfield Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garfield Center is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Center
- Oscar ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oscar is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Morganville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Morganville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Morganville has also been known as:
- Morgantown
- Clay Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Browndale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Browndale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndale
- Idana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Idana is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idana
- Broughton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Broughton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Ladysmith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ladysmith is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
- Cloud County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- Clyde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ames
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ames is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joseph is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Rice
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rice is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Huscher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huscher is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huscher
- Cook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Aurora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Concordia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Miltonvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Yuma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yuma is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- Waterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bremen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bremen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Alcove Spring ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alcove Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcove Spring
- Republic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- Agenda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Agenda is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Cuba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Narka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Narka is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Munden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Munden is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Belleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Norway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Norway is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Scandia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sherdahl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sherdahl is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherdahl
- Riley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- May Day
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- May Day is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Day
- Lasita ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lasita is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasita
- Winkler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winkler is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Gage County (NE)
- Lanham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lanham is located in Gage County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
- Jefferson County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- Reynolds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Thompson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Thompson is located in Jefferson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Steele City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Endicott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Thayer County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- Hubbell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Strawberry, see our County-by-County Page for Strawberry.
Cemeteries Near Strawberry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strawberry.
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 Strawberry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Strawberry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- St. Bernard's Catholic Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rusco Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brantford Covenant Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reiter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coleman Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- The Fairfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rock Cemetery
- Totten Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92402 <2>
- Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Friends Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- The Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
- Enosdale Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92504 <2>
- Continue List (165 more) ...
- Brantford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gingery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Strawberry had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
- Brantford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brantford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantford
- Enosdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enosdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosdale
- Palmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palmer is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Linn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Agenda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Agenda is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Haddam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Haddam is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Haddam has also been known as:
- Haddam City
- West Haddam
- Vining
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vining is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Clifton has also been known as:
- West Clifton
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <1>
- Morrowville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morrowville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Haworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haworth is located in Republic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Clyde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ames
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ames is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Greenleaf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Strawberry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Strawberry.
Newspapers Published in Strawberry ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strawberry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Strawberry, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Strawberry.
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 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 Strawberry:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Cloud County
- Marshall County
- Republic County
- Riley County
- Gage County
- Jefferson County
- Thayer 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Strawberry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Strawberry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |