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 Hardy (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 Hardy. 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 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.
Hardy is located in Kay County.
To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kay County: Cowley (KS), Garfield, Grant, Noble & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Hardy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hardy:
- Kay County (The home county of Hardy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Kaw City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Newkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chilocco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chilocco is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilocco
- Kildare
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kildare is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Cross ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cross is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Ponca City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Blackwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Eagle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Eagle is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eagle
- Braman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Frankfort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frankfort is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Grainola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grainola is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
- Webb City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Webb City is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Foraker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foraker is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
- Shidler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Little Chief
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Chief is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chief
- McCord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McCord is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
- Fairfax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gray Horse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gray Horse is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Horse
- Chautauqua County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Cedar Vale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Vale is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- 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>
- Osro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Osro is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
- Osro has also been known as:
- Osrow
- Ozro Falls
- Ozro
- Ozrow
- Hewins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hewins is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
- Layton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Layton is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Wauneta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wauneta is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauneta
- Elgin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elgin is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Elgin has also been known as:
- New Elgin
- Gibbs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibbs is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Cowley County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Maple City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple City is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Cameron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cameron is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Cameron has also been known as:
- Cameron City
- Silverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silverdale is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Vinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vinton is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Parkerfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parkerfield is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Hooser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hooser is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooser
- Arkansas City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Taussig
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Taussig is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taussig
- Moxham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moxham is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxham
- Eaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Eaton is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Tisdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tisdale is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisdale
- Sumner County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Geuda Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Geuda Springs is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geuda Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Paton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paton is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paton
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford is located in Sumner County (KS)
- 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>
- Portland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Portland is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hardy, see our County-by-County Page for Hardy.
Cemeteries Near Hardy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hardy.
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 Hardy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hardy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Maple City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cooper Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Silverdale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Patton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring side Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washunga Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Parker Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Bend Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newkirk Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (73 more) ...
- Washunga Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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 Hardy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hardy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hardy, with the one closest to Hardy listed first.
- Maple City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple City is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Cameron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cameron is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Cameron has also been known as:
- Cameron City
- Silverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silverdale is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Vinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vinton is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Hooser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hooser is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooser
- Arkansas City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Taussig
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Taussig is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taussig
- Dexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Chilocco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chilocco is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilocco
- Kildare
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kildare is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Cedar Vale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Vale is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- 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>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tresham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tresham is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresham
- Tisdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tisdale is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisdale
- Osro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Osro is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
- Osro has also been known as:
- Osrow
- Ozro Falls
- Ozro
- Ozrow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hardy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hardy.
Newspapers Published in Hardy ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hardy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hardy, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hardy.
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 Hardy:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Kay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Osage County
- Chautauqua County
- Cowley County
- Sumner County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
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 Hardy, 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' (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- Hardy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |