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 Vinewood (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 Vinewood. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Vinewood is located in Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte County: Johnson, Leavenworth, Clay (MO), Jackson (MO) & Platte (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Vinewood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vinewood:
- Wyandotte County (The home county of Vinewood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Piper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Wallula
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grinter Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Bonner Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Kansas City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Argentine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Oak Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Port Williams
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Potter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Weaver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Eudora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hesper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hesper is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Bismarck Grove ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bismarck Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck Grove
- Midland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Noria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Noria is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noria
- Clearfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clearfield is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Lawrence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sibleyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sibleyville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- McLouth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Buck Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Oskaloosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Winchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Dunavant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Holliday
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Holliday is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Lake Quivira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Quivira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Quivira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Wilder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilder is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Shawnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zarah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zarah is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zarah
- Merriam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Monticello is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Mission
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mission is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Roeland Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Countryside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Fairway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount has also been known as:
- Fairmont Village
- Basehor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bain City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Hoge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hoge is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge
- Leavenworth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Jarbalo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
- Tonganoxie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Linwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Linwood has also been known as:
- Big Stranger
- Johnny Cake
- Journeycake
- Kickapoo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Buchanan County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Lewis and Clark Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- De Kalb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Faucett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cass County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Loch Lloyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Belton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lee's Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clay County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- North Kansas City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oaks is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Oakwood Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Park is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Barry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barry is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Gladstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Linden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Oakview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakview is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
- Oakwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Acme
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Acme is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Avondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Avondale is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Woodhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodhill is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhill
- Nashua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nashua is located in Clay County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Clinton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Trimble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Jackson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Kansas City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leeds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leeds is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Indian Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Maywood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Cement City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Holmes Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes Park is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Park
- Holmes Park has also been known as:
- Holmes
- New Santa Fe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Independence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- River Bend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- River Bend is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Raytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Martin City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Little Blue
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Platte County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Waldron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Parkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Weatherby Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Riverside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Farley is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Platte Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Houston Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Lake Waukomis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Northmoor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- East Leavenworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- Ferrelview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Stillings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stillings is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vinewood, see our County-by-County Page for Vinewood.
Cemeteries Near Vinewood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vinewood.
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 Vinewood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vinewood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Vinewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Naylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood Community Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Griffith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylor Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Saylor Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Kansas City.
- The Saylor Cemetery has also been known as:
- Drake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93569 <2>
- Ellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dunagan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- Gray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nolan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Vinewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vinewood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vinewood, with the one closest to Vinewood listed first.
- Wolcott
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wolcott is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott
- Pomeroy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pomeroy is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
- Bethel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Maywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Waldron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Piper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Welborn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Welborn is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welborn
- Nearman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nearman is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nearman
- Nearman has also been known as:
- Nearmons Station
- Wallula
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wallula is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Munsee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Munsee is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsee
- Parkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bonner Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vinewood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vinewood.
Newspapers Published in Vinewood ...
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 252 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vinewood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vinewood, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vinewood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Vinewood:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Wyandotte County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Douglas County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Buchanan County
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Jackson County
- Platte 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> | 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 Vinewood, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vinewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |