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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 Ulysses (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 Ulysses. 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 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.

Ulysses is located in Grant County and is the County Seat.

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 Grant County: Finney, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Seward, Stanton & Stevens.

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

  • Hamilton County
    • Kendall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
      • Kendall is located in Hamilton County
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulysses, with the one closest to Ulysses listed first.
    • Satanta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Satanta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satanta
      • Satanta is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,121 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Satanta <2>
    • Sublette
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Kearny County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulysses, with the one closest to Ulysses listed first.
    • Lakin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Deerfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
      • Deerfield is located in Kearny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deerfield <2>
  • Stanton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulysses, with the one closest to Ulysses listed first.
    • Big Bow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Johnson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Platt City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Platt City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt City
      • Platt City is located in Stanton County
      • Platt City has also been known as:
      • Platt
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Platt City
      • From Ulysses to Platt City
    • Manter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manter
      • Manter is located in Stanton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manter <2>
  • Stevens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulysses, with the one closest to Ulysses listed first.
    • Moscow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Stevens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
      • Former name for Moscow:
      • Mosco
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <2>
    • Hugoton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Ulysses ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ulysses.

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

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

  • Ulysses Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ulysses Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ulysses Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Golden Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Golden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Golden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shockey Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shockey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shockey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Zionville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zionville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zionville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Liverpool Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liverpool Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liverpool Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Canaan Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canaan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canaan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Menno Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Dermot Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dermot Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dermot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • O'Dea Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the O'Dea Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the O'Dea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moscow Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moscow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moscow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hartland Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Dudley Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dudley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dudley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ulysses had a population of 198 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Ulysses had a population of 5,546 people.

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

  • Moscow
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Moscow is located in Stevens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Former name for Moscow:
    • Mosco
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <2>
  • Hartland
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • Hartland is located in Kearny County
  • Johnson
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Lakin
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Kendall
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
    • Kendall is located in Hamilton County
  • Hugoton
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ulysses ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ulysses.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ulysses. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ulysses and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ulysses.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Ulysses.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Ulysses:

The official website for Ulysses: www.cityofulysses.com/

The official website for Grant County: www.grantcoks.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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ulysses) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ulysses. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5819, Longitude: -101.3594    
<5>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.
<6>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 Ulysses, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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