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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 White Cloud (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 White Cloud. 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 and hospitals 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.

White Cloud is located in Doniphan 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 Doniphan County: Atchison, Brown, Andrew (MO), Buchanan (MO), Holt (MO) & Richardson (NE).

Below are the counties that are near White Cloud. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Cloud:

  • Doniphan County     (The home county of White Cloud)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
    • Iowa Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sparks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sparks is located in Doniphan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
    • Fanning
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fanning is located in Doniphan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
    • Leona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Leona is located in Doniphan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Severance
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Denton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Moray
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Moray is located in Doniphan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
    • Bendena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Troy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Brenner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Blair
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Blair is located in Doniphan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Atchison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
    • Huron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Goodintent ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Goodintent is located in Atchison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
    • Lancaster
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lancaster is located in Atchison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
    • Atchison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Brown County
  • Nemaha County
  • Andrew County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
    • Fillmore
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Nodaway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Amazonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Amazonia is located in Andrew County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
    • Savannah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Rosendale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Bolckow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Wyeth ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Country Club
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Country Club is located in Andrew County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
    • Rea
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Avenue City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Avenue City is located in Andrew County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
  • Atchison County (MO)
    • Fairfax
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Fairfax is located in Atchison County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfax <1>
  • Buchanan County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
    • Saint Joseph
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rushville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Holt County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
    • Forest City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fortescue
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Big Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Oregon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bigelow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Mound City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • New Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Forbes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Craig
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Maitland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Maitland is located in Holt County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
    • Corning
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Nodaway County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.
    • Graham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Skidmore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Barnard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Barnard is located in Nodaway County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnard <1>
    • Quitman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Quitman is located in Nodaway County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
      • Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
  • Nemaha County (NE)
  • Richardson County (NE)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Cloud, see our County-by-County Page for White Cloud.

Cemeteries Near White Cloud ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Cloud.

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 White Cloud - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Cloud covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.

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 White Cloud had a population of 699 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, White Cloud had a population of 165 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from White Cloud, with the one closest to White Cloud listed first.

  • Iowa Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fortescue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Fortescue is located in Holt County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
  • Forest City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Napier
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Napier is located in Holt County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
  • Highland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Curzon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Curzon is located in Holt County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curzon
  • Oregon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rulo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <1>
  • Bigelow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bigelow is located in Holt County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Sparks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparks is located in Doniphan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
  • Mound City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Robinson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Cloud. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Cloud.

Newspapers Published in White Cloud ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Cloud.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Cloud, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White Cloud.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 White Cloud:

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 White Cloud, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Cloud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.