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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Waldeck is located in Pratt 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 Pratt County: Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kingman, Kiowa, Reno & Stafford.
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:
- Pratt County (The home county of Waldeck)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Natrona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Pratt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Iuka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Iuka is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Sawyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Coats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Byers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Byers is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Cullison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Barber County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Isabel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Elm Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Mingona
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Lake City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Medicine Lodge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sun City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pixley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Former name for Sharon:
- Bible Valley
- Edwards County
- Trousdale ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trousdale is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Kingman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Cunningham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Penalosa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Nashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Willowdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Zenda
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kingman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spivey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Alameda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alameda is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Kiowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Wellsford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wellsford is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsford
- Haviland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belvidere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belvidere is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Reno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Turon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Former name for Turon:
- Pioneer City
- Jordan Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Lerado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lerado is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
- Langdon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Langdon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Sylvia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvia is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Sylvia has also been known as:
- Anderson's Farm
- Plevna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Arlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Neola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Stafford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stafford is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
- Stafford has also been known as:
- Stafford Center
- Stafford City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stafford <1>
- Saint John
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Macksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
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.
- Cairo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Saratoga Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Iuka Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dresden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Haynesville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ruddick Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ellenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (66 more) ...
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Point Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Twp. Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Waldeck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waldeck.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waldeck, with the one closest to Waldeck listed first.
- Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Natrona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Pratt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Iuka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Iuka is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Cunningham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Sawyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Isabel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Turon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Former name for Turon:
- Pioneer City
- Coats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Elm Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Neola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Penalosa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Cullison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Calista ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Calista is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calista
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 145 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]<3>. 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 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 Pratt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barber County
- Edwards County
- Kingman County
- Kiowa County
- Reno County
- Stafford 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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'. |