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 Kansas (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 Kansas. 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.
Kansas is located in Graves County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Graves County: Calloway, Carlisle, Hickman, Marshall, McCracken, Henry (TN) & Weakley (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Kansas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kansas:
- Graves County (The home county of Kansas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Lowes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Melber
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Pottsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- West Viola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Boaz
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Fancy Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Westplains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Symsonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mayfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pryorsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Wingo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Gage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Ceredo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Blandville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Kevil
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- La Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bandana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Barlow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Wickliffe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Kirksey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Dexter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Protemus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Almo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Harris Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Murray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Kirbyton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Cunningham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Milburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Bardwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cayce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Spring Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Fulgham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Moscow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Ledbetter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smithland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rivers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Sharpe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Scale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dogtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Calvert City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Tatumsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Gilbertsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hardin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Fairdealing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Massac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Camelia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- Lone Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Krebs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Hendron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Future City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- West Paducah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oakdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Reidland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Grahamville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Cimota City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Future City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cairo Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Johnson County (IL)
- Reevesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Reevesville is located in Johnson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reevesville
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Brookport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Massac City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Joppa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Big Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- New Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Mound City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olmsted
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Chain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- New Grand Chain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Karnak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Obion County (TN)
- South Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kansas, see our County-by-County Page for Kansas.
Cemeteries Near Kansas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kansas.
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 Kansas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kansas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kansas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Cemetery
- The Kansas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Diggs Chapel Methodist Cemetery
- Armistead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Allcock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Heard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lowes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lowes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lowes.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960166 <2>
- Old Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Haynes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McNeil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (487 more) ...
- Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Purchase Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Kansas had a population of 24 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kansas, with the one closest to Kansas listed first.
- Pottsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Folsomdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Folsomdale is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Melber
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Viola
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Boaz
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Massac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Fancy Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Hickory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Lovelaceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Kirbyton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Cunningham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Westplains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kaler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kaler is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaler
- Milburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Clear Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kansas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kansas.
Newspapers Published in Kansas ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kansas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kansas, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kansas.
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 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 Kansas:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Graves County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Calloway County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Hickman County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Alexander County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Obion County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kansas) 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 Kansas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |