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 Yaggy (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 Yaggy. 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 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 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.
Yaggy is located in Reno 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 Reno County: Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Pratt, Rice, Sedgwick & Stafford.
Below are the counties that are near Yaggy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yaggy:
- Reno County (The home county of Yaggy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yaggy, with the one closest to Yaggy listed first.
- Willowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Willowbrook is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Nickerson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Corner is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Whiteside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Whiteside is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- South Hutchinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Obeeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Obeeville is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obeeville
- Medora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Medora is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Cruppers Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cruppers Corner is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruppers Corner
- Elmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Charters Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Charters Corner is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charters Corner
- Partridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Partridge is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Darlow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Darlow is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Harvey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yaggy, with the one closest to Yaggy listed first.
- Burrton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burrton is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
- Patterson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Alta Mills ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alta Mills is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Mills
- Paxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Harvey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Halstead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McPherson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yaggy, with the one closest to Yaggy listed first.
- Inman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Windom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Windom is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Groveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Groveland is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Conway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Conway is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Elyria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elyria is located in McPherson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
- McPherson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moundridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rice County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yaggy, with the one closest to Yaggy listed first.
- Sterling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saxman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saxman is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
- Alden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Lyons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Galt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Galt is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Chase
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chase is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- Raymond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Pollard ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pollard is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Crawford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Crawford is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Geneseo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Silica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silica is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Sedgwick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yaggy, with the one closest to Yaggy listed first.
- Mount Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Andale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bentley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yaggy, see our County-by-County Page for Yaggy.
Cemeteries Near Yaggy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yaggy.
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 Yaggy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yaggy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yaggy, with the one closest to Yaggy listed first.
- Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eastside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wild Mead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Center Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Partridge.
- Plainview Mennonite Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Partridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peace Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (76 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Abbyville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Westminster 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.<2>
While we didn't find Yaggy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yaggy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yaggy, with the one closest to Yaggy listed first.
- Hutchinson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nickerson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Hutchinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Medora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Medora is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
- Partridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Partridge is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Darlow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Darlow is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlow
- Abbyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Abbyville is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Yoder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buhler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Buhler is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Buhler has also been known as:
- Tulip Town
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buhler <1>
- Sterling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saxman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saxman is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Castleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Castleton is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
- Inman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yaggy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yaggy.
Newspapers Published in Yaggy ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yaggy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yaggy, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yaggy.
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 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 Yaggy:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Reno County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Harvey County
- McPherson County
- Rice County
- Sedgwick 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 Yaggy, 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 from Point A (ie- Yaggy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |