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 Zyba (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 Zyba. 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.
Name Variations for Zyba ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Zyba has also been known as: Zuba and Zyber.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Zyba is located in Sumner 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 Sumner County: Butler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Grant (OK) & Kay (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Zyba. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zyba:
- Sumner County (The home county of Zyba)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zyba, with the one closest to Zyba listed first.
- Belle Plaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cicero
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cicero is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
- Anson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Anson is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
- Millerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Millerton is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Wellington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Roland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Roland is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Mayfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Conway Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Ewell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ewell is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell
- Paton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paton is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paton
- Milan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Milan is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zyba, with the one closest to Zyba listed first.
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Douglass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Andover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Andover is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,672 people
- Andover has also been known as:
- Cloud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <1>
- Prairie Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Salter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salter is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Gordon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Lorena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lorena is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena
- Sunset Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Acres is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
- Bois d'Arc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Smileyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Smileyville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
- Augusta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cowley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zyba, with the one closest to Zyba listed first.
- Udall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dale is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Kellogg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kellogg is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Akron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Akron is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Hackney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hackney is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Rainbow Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rainbow Bend is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Bend
- Tresham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tresham is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresham
- Winfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Floral
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Floral is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- New Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- New Salem is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Wilmot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilmot is located in Cowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Harper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zyba, with the one closest to Zyba listed first.
- Danville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Danville is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Danville has also been known as:
- Coalville
- Freeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
- Runnymede
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Runnymede is located in Harper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
- Kingman County
- Norwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Reno County
- Saint Joe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joe is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Sedgwick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zyba, with the one closest to Zyba listed first.
- Peck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wego-Waco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wego-Waco is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wego-Waco
- Waco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waco is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Clearwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bayneville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bayneville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayneville
- Mulvane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Haysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Murray Gill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Murray Gill is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Gill
- Derby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oatville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oatville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatville
- Clonmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clonmel is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clonmel
- Viola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zyba, see our County-by-County Page for Zyba.
Cemeteries Near Zyba ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zyba.
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 Zyba - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zyba covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zyba, with the one closest to Zyba listed first.
- Porter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Noel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Garden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Worden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Plaine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waco Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greencastle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clearwater Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Austin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (134 more) ...
- Mulvane Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulvane Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mulvane Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93165 <2>
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- El Paso Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the El Paso Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Derby.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #159009 <2>
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 Zyba had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zyba, with the one closest to Zyba listed first.
- Riverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riverdale is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Peck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Belle Plaine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cicero
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cicero is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
- Waco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waco is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Clearwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bayneville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bayneville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayneville
- Mulvane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Anson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Anson is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anson
- Haysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Millerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Millerton is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Derby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wellington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oatville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oatville is located in Sedgwick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatville
- Dalton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zyba. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zyba.
Newspapers Published in Zyba ...
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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zyba.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zyba, 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 Zyba.
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 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 Zyba:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Sumner County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Cowley County
- Harper County
- Kingman County
- Reno 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> | 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 Zyba, 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- Zyba) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |