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 Waldeck (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 Waldeck. 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 and hospitals 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.
Waldeck is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Harvey, McPherson, Morris & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Waldeck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waldeck:
- Marion County (The home county of Waldeck)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Lehigh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lehigh is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Durham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Durham is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tampa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goessel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Goessel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goessel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Canada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canada is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada
- Eastshore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eastshore is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastshore
- Pilsen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pilsen is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Aulne ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aulne is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulne
- Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ramona
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ramona is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Ramona has also been known as:
- Ramona Station
- Antelope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Antelope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Butler County
- Elbing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elbing is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Chase County
- Cedar Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Point is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Dickinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Carlton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Carlton is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Elmo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elmo is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Dillon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dillon is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Jacobs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jacobs is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Rishel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rishel is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rishel
- Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Herington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Acme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Navarre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Navarre is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre
- Harvey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Hesston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Walton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Zimmerdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Zimmerdale is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerdale
- North Newton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alta Mills ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alta Mills is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Mills
- Newton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- McGraw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McGraw is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
- McLains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McLains is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLains
- Van Arsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Van Arsdale is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Arsdale
- McPherson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Canton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Roxbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Galva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elyria
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elyria is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
- Moundridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- McPherson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lindsborg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Groveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Conway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Conway is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Inman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marquette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Morris County
- Burdick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burdick is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdick
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Hallville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hallville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallville
- Gypsum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bridgeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Assaria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kipp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kipp is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipp
- Mentor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mentor is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Salemsborg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Salemsborg is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemsborg
- Falun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smolan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smolan is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smolan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Phillips Village ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Waldeck, see our County-by-County Page for Waldeck.
Cemeteries Near Waldeck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waldeck.
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 Waldeck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waldeck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Canton Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Township Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- French Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johannestal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Durham Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pankratz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (129 more) ...
- Springfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alexanderfeld Mennonite Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Frick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Waldeck had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Lehigh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lehigh is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Canton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Durham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Durham is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roxbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Galva
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tampa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canada is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada
- Aulne ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aulne is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulne
- Carlton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Carlton is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- McPherson
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elyria
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elyria is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Moundridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ramona
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ramona is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Ramona has also been known as:
- Ramona Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waldeck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waldeck.
Newspapers Published in Waldeck ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waldeck.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waldeck, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waldeck.
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 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 Waldeck:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Chase County
- Dickinson County
- Harvey County
- McPherson County
- Morris 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> | 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 Waldeck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Waldeck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |