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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 Tice (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 Tice. 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 hospitals and 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.

Tice is located in Haskell 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 Haskell County: Finney, Grant, Gray, Kearny, Meade, Seward & Stevens.

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

  • Haskell County     (The home county of Tice)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tice, with the one closest to Tice listed first.
    • Sublette
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Satanta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Finney County
    • Pierceville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pierceville is located in Finney County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
  • Gray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tice, with the one closest to Tice listed first.
    • Copeland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Montezuma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Charleston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Charleston is located in Gray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Ingalls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ingalls is located in Gray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
    • Ensign
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Ensign is located in Gray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Cimarron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Meade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tice, with the one closest to Tice listed first.
    • Plains
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Collano
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Collano is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collano
    • Missler
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Missler is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missler
    • Meade
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Meade is located in Meade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
      • Meade has also been known as:
      • Meade City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meade <1>
    • Fowler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Seward County
    • Kismet
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Kismet is located in Seward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
  • Stevens County
    • Moscow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Moscow is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
      • Former name for Moscow:
      • Mosco
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Tice ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tice.

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 Tice - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tice covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Haskell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Colusa Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Ivanhoe Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Banner Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mertilla Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Dudley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Canaan Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Springfield Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mennonite Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Goldamer Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Young Family Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • O'Dea Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockhart Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 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.<3>

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

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

  • Montezuma
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Plains
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Kismet
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Kismet is located in Seward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
  • Plymell
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Plymell is located in Finney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymell
  • Missler
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Missler is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missler
  • Charleston
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Charleston is located in Gray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Pierceville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Pierceville is located in Finney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
  • Arkalon
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Arkalon is located in Seward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkalon
  • Meade
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Meade is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
    • Meade has also been known as:
    • Meade City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meade <1>
  • Ingalls
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ingalls is located in Gray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Ensign
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ensign is located in Gray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Mansfield
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Mansfield is located in Finney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
  • Moscow
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Moscow is located in Stevens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Former name for Moscow:
    • Mosco
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
  • Cimarron
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Tice ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tice.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tice, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tice.

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 Tice:

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>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 Tice, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Tice) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.