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 Wingate (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 Wingate. 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.
Wingate is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick & Sumner.
Below are the counties that are near Wingate. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wingate:
- Butler County (The home county of Wingate)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingate, with the one closest to Wingate listed first.
- Latham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Smileyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Smileyville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
- Bloomington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomington is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Keighley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Keighley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
- Leon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Bois d'Arc
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Beaumont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pickrell Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pickrell Corner is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickrell Corner
- Gordon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Haverhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haverhill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Douglass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Augusta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chautauqua County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingate, with the one closest to Wingate listed first.
- Cedar Vale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Vale is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 503 people
- Cedar Vale has also been known as:
- Cedar
- Cedarvale
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Vale <1>
- Wauneta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wauneta is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauneta
- Cowley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingate, with the one closest to Wingate listed first.
- Atlanta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Crouse
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Crouse is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Crouse
- Burden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Grand Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Summit is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Summit
- Wilmot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Floral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Floral is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- New Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Eaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eaton is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tisdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tisdale is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisdale
- Akron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Akron is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Dexter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingate, with the one closest to Wingate listed first.
- Grenola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grenola is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Howard
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 600 people
- Former name for Howard:
- Howard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <1>
- Moline
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fiat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fiat is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Elk Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingate, with the one closest to Wingate listed first.
- Piedmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reece
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reece is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece
- Severy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Severy is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Climax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Sedgwick County
- Mulvane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sumner County
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 988 people
- Former name for Oxford:
- Hapawalla
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wingate, see our County-by-County Page for Wingate.
Cemeteries Near Wingate ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wingate.
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 Wingate - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wingate covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wingate, with the one closest to Wingate listed first.
- Timber Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Latham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bryant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Box Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Grouse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brownlow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brownlow Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the southeast of Leon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92089 <3>
- Burden Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Muqbra Muslim Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cambridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (102 more) ...
- Bogle Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- High Prairie Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
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 in 1895, Wingate had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wingate, with the one closest to Wingate listed first.
- Atlanta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Latham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cambridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cambridge is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Wilmot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Keighley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Keighley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keighley
- Leon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <1>
- Floral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Floral is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Beaumont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Grenola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grenola is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Haverhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haverhill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Gordon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Douglass
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rock
(17 miles [27.4 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 Wingate. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wingate.
Newspapers Published in Wingate ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wingate.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wingate, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wingate.
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 Wingate:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chautauqua County
- Cowley County
- Elk County
- Greenwood County
- Sedgwick County
- Sumner 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- Wingate) 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 Wingate, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |