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 Webster (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 Webster. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Webster is located in Rooks 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 Rooks County: Ellis, Graham, Osborne, Phillips, Russell, Smith & Trego.
Below are the counties that are near Webster. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Webster:
- Rooks County (The home county of Webster)
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Stockton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stockton is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
- Former name for Stockton:
- Stocktown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <1>
- Damar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zurich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zurich is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Palco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palco is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Plainville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodston is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Woodston has also been known as:
- Woodston Saw
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodston <1>
- Codell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Codell is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
- Former name for Codell:
- Florreyville
- Ellis County
- Turkville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turkville is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
- Graham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Nicodemus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bogue
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bogue is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Bogue has also been known as:
- Wildhorse
- Roscoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roscoe is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Smithfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smithfield is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Hill City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Penokee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Penokee is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penokee
- Norton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Densmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Densmore is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Densmore
- Edmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edmond is located in Norton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Edmond has also been known as:
- Edmond City
- Osborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Alton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alton is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Natoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips County
- The following are listed by their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Speed
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Speed is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Glade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glade is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Phillipsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kirwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stuttgart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stuttgart is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
- Prairie View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Prairie View is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Agra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Agra is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Smith County
- Claudell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claudell is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claudell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Webster, see our County-by-County Page for Webster.
Cemeteries Near Webster ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Webster.
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 Webster - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Webster covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Webster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hobart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eureka Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Slate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Thomas Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Thomas Cemetery is located in Stockton.
- Old Stockton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nicodemus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Green Mound Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palco Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (73 more) ...
- Zurich Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wildhorse Twp. Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildhorse Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wildhorse Twp. Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Bogue.
- The Wildhorse Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wild Horse Cemetery
- Wild Horse Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94081 <3>
- Twin Mound Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Webster had a population of 165 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Webster, with the one closest to Webster listed first.
- Damar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stockton is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
- Former name for Stockton:
- Stocktown
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <1>
- Nicodemus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Zurich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zurich is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Palco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palco is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Bogue
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bogue is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Bogue has also been known as:
- Wildhorse
- Plainville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodston is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Woodston has also been known as:
- Woodston Saw
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodston <1>
- Roscoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Roscoe is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Codell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Codell is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
- Former name for Codell:
- Florreyville
- Laton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Laton is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glade is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Turkville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turkville is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
- Hill City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Webster. See our List of 1890's Communities around Webster.
Newspapers Published in Webster ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Webster.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Webster, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Webster.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Webster:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Rooks County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ellis County
- Graham County
- Norton County
- Osborne County
- Phillips County
- Smith 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Webster) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Webster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |