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 Sumnerville (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 Sumnerville. 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.
Sumnerville is located in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County: Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Lincoln, Mitchell & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Sumnerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sumnerville:
- Ottawa County (The home county of Sumnerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumnerville, with the one closest to Sumnerville listed first.
- Alfmil
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alfmil is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfmil
- Delphos
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Delphos is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Minneapolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brewer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brewer is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Lindsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsey is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey has also been known as:
- Ayersville
- Ada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ada is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Lamar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Wells
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wells is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Bennington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tescott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tescott is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Culver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Culver is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Ackley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ackley is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackley
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumnerville, with the one closest to Sumnerville listed first.
- Longford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Longford is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Longford has also been known as:
- Longford Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longford <1>
- Oak Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Browndale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Browndale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndale
- Idana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Idana is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idana
- Ladysmith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ladysmith is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
- Industry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Industry is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
- Cloud County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumnerville, with the one closest to Sumnerville listed first.
- Glasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glasco is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
- Former names for Glasco:
- Dell Ray
- Glasgow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <1>
- Simpson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miltonvale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Macyville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Macyville is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
- Aurora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Huscher
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Huscher is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huscher
- Concordia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Yuma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Yuma is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
- Rice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rice is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Saint Joseph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Joseph is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Dickinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumnerville, with the one closest to Sumnerville listed first.
- Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Solomon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Talmage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Talmage is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumnerville, with the one closest to Sumnerville listed first.
- Milo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Barnard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Beverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Quartzite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quartzite is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzite
- Lincoln Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Mitchell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumnerville, with the one closest to Sumnerville listed first.
- Asherville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Asherville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherville
- Gilbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Scottsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scottsville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Beloit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sumnerville, with the one closest to Sumnerville listed first.
- Glendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- New Cambria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Cambria is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Salina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bavaria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bavaria is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bavaria
- Bavaria has also been known as:
- Houch
- Brookville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Phillips Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Phillips Village is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sumnerville, see our County-by-County Page for Sumnerville.
Cemeteries Near Sumnerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sumnerville.
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 Sumnerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sumnerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sumnerville, with the one closest to Sumnerville listed first.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Delphos Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Delphos Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Delphos.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92287 <2>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ada.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92421 <2>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- The Baldwin Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Creek Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Twin Hills Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (102 more) ...
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glasco Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sumnerville had a population of 44 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sumnerville, with the one closest to Sumnerville listed first.
- Brewer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brewer is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Delphos
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Delphos is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Minneapolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lindsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lindsey is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Lindsey has also been known as:
- Ayersville
- Ada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ada is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Lamar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Wells
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wells is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Glasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glasco is located in Cloud County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
- Former names for Glasco:
- Dell Ray
- Glasgow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <1>
- Milo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Milo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Bennington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tescott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tescott is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Culver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Culver is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Simpson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barnard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barnard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Beverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sumnerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sumnerville.
Newspapers Published in Sumnerville ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sumnerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sumnerville, 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 Sumnerville.
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 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 Sumnerville:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Ottawa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Cloud County
- Dickinson County
- Lincoln County
- Mitchell County
- Saline 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sumnerville) 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 Sumnerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |