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 Yocemento (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 Yocemento. 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 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.
Yocemento is located in Ellis 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 Ellis County: Barton, Graham, Ness, Osborne, Rooks, Rush, Russell & Trego.
Below are the counties that are near Yocemento. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yocemento:
- Ellis County (The home county of Yocemento)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yocemento, with the one closest to Yocemento listed first.
- Hog Back
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hog Back is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
- Hays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ellis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Antonino
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Antonino is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonino
- Toulon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Toulon is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Munjor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Munjor is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
- Catharine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Schoenchen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Victoria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Victoria is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Emmeram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Emmeram is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmeram
- Turkville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turkville is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
- Walker
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Walker is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Pfeifer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
- Ness County
- Brownell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osborne County
- Natoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rooks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yocemento, with the one closest to Yocemento listed first.
- Zurich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Zurich is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Plainville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Codell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Codell is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
- Former name for Codell:
- Florreyville
- Palco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Palco is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Damar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yocemento, with the one closest to Yocemento listed first.
- Liebenthal
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Liebenthal is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Loretta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Loretta is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretta
- Former names for Loretta:
- Illinois
- Marienfeld
- McCracken
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hargrave
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hargrave is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrave
- La Crosse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nekoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nekoma is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoma
- Bison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bison is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yocemento, with the one closest to Yocemento listed first.
- Gorham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Balta ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Balta is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Russell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paradise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Milberger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milberger is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milberger
- Trego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yocemento, with the one closest to Yocemento listed first.
- Ogallah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ogallah is located in Trego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogallah
- Trego
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Trego is located in Trego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trego
- Trego has also been known as:
- Trego Center
- Trego Tank
- WaKeeney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yocemento, see our County-by-County Page for Yocemento.
Cemeteries Near Yocemento ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yocemento.
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 Yocemento - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yocemento covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yocemento, with the one closest to Yocemento listed first.
- Ft. Hays Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ft. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hyacinth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Andrew Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Ellis.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973480 <2>
- St. Catharina Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- St. Severin Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (61 more) ...
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- St. George Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- St. Fidelis Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Yocemento in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yocemento.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yocemento, with the one closest to Yocemento listed first.
- Hog Back
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hog Back is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
- Hays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ellis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Munjor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Munjor is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
- Toulon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Toulon is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Catharine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Catharine is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Catharine has also been known as:
- Catherine
- Victoria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Victoria is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
- Turkville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turkville is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
- Ogallah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ogallah is located in Trego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogallah
- Liebenthal
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Liebenthal is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Walker
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Walker is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Pfeifer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gorham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Zurich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Zurich is located in Rooks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- McCracken
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yocemento. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yocemento.
Newspapers Published in Yocemento ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yocemento.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yocemento, 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 Yocemento.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Yocemento:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Ellis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ness County
- Osborne County
- Rooks County
- Rush County
- Russell County
- Trego 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yocemento) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Yocemento, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |