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 Wellsville (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 Wellsville. 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.
Wellsville is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Johnson, Linn, Miami & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Wellsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wellsville:
- Franklin County (The home county of Wellsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Le Loup
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Le Loup is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Loup
- Norwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Peoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Imes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Rantoul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Ottawa Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Junction
- Ottawa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- B N Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- B N Junction is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B N Junction
- Centropolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Centropolis is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centropolis
- Richter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richter is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richter
- Princeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lane is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lane has also been known as:
- Lane City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Greeley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Scipio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Baldwin City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clearfield is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Vinland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
- Hesper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hesper is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Sibleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sibleyville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyville
- Worden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Worden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Eudora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Noria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Noria is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noria
- Weaver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Globe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Buck Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
- Williamstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Williamstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Medina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Medina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Edgerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gardner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clare
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Spring Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
- Spring Hill has also been known as:
- Spring Hill Station
- Springfield
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <1>
- Clearview City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- Olathe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- De Soto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stilwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Monticello
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Zarah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zarah is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zarah
- Lenexa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Overland Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Fall Leaf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fall Leaf is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Leaf
- Linwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- 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
- Loring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Tonganoxie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Basehor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Cadmus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cadmus is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- Parker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Parker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Goodrich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Goodrich is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
- La Cygne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Hillsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Stanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Paola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Osawatomie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chiles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chiles is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Somerset
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bucyrus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Block
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Louisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <1>
- Wea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wea is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Fontana
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fontana is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- New Lancaster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Lancaster is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lancaster
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Overbrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Quenemo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Quenemo is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quenemo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Quenemo has also been known as:
- Quenemo Agency
- Vassar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shawnee County
- Richland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Wyandotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Bonner Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Bates County (MO)
- Drexel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cass County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Cleveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cleveland is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Loch Lloyd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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
- West Line
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Line is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Belton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Riverview Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Jackson County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Martin City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- New Santa Fe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wellsville, see our County-by-County Page for Wellsville.
Cemeteries Near Wellsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wellsville.
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 Wellsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wellsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Wellsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Black Jack Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Black Jack Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Columbine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwin City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- Clearfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Wellsville had a population of 392 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Wellsville had a population of 1,784 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wellsville, with the one closest to Wellsville listed first.
- Black Jack ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Jack is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Le Loup
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Le Loup is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Loup
- Edgerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clearfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clearfield is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Norwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Peoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peoria is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Imes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Imes is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imes
- Gardner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vinland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vinland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
- Prairie Center ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Prairie Center is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
- Rantoul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rantoul is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rantoul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ottawa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stanton is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
- Hillsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hillsdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wellsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wellsville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wellsville ...
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 233 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wellsville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wellsville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wellsville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wellsville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Wellsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wellsville:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Douglas County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Linn County
- Miami County
- Osage County
- Shawnee County
- Wyandotte County
- Bates County
- Cass County
- Jackson 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- Wellsville) 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 Wellsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |