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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Kanona during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Kanona had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..

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 Kanona (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 Kanona. 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.

Kanona is located in Decatur County.

To see how the shape of Kansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Decatur County: Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas, Furnas (NE) & Red Willow (NE).

Below are the counties that are near Kanona. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kanona:

  • Decatur County     (The home county of Kanona)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kanona, with the one closest to Kanona listed first.
    • Oberlin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oberlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin
      • Oberlin is located in Decatur County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oberlin <3>
    • Jennings
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
      • Jennings is located in Decatur County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
    • Norcatur
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
      • Norcatur is located in Decatur County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
    • Dresden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Leoville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leoville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoville
      • Leoville is located in Decatur County
    • Allison ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
      • Allison is located in Decatur County
    • Traer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Traer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traer
      • Traer is located in Decatur County
  • Norton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kanona, with the one closest to Kanona listed first.
    • Clayton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Clayton is located in Norton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Rockwell City ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwell City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell City
      • Rockwell City is located in Norton County
    • Dellvale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
      • Dellvale is located in Norton County
    • Oronoque
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
      • Oronoque is located in Norton County
    • Lenora
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenora
      • Lenora is located in Norton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenora <3>
    • Norton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
      • Norton is located in Norton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,709 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton <3>
  • Rawlins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kanona, with the one closest to Kanona listed first.
    • Herndon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herndon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
      • Herndon is located in Rawlins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
    • Ludell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludell
      • Ludell is located in Rawlins County
  • Riley County
    • Clayton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Clayton is located in Riley County
  • Sheridan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kanona, with the one closest to Kanona listed first.
    • Selden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
      • Selden is located in Sheridan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Hoxie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
      • Hoxie is located in Sheridan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoxie <3>
  • Thomas County
    • Rexford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Furnas County (NE)
    • Wilsonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
      • Wilsonville is located in Furnas County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilsonville <3>
  • Red Willow County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kanona, with the one closest to Kanona listed first.
    • Danbury
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
      • Danbury is located in Red Willow County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danbury <3>
    • Lebanon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
      • Lebanon is located in Red Willow County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <3>
    • Indianola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Red Willow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Willow
      • Red Willow is located in Red Willow County (NE)
    • McCook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCook
      • McCook is located in Red Willow County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,499 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCook <3>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kanona, see our County-by-County Page for Kanona.

Newspapers Published in Kanona ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kanona.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kanona, 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 Kanona.

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 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 Kanona:

Cemeteries Near Kanona ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kanona.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kanona covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kanona, with the one closest to Kanona listed first.

  • Kanona Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kanona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kanona Cemetery
  • Big Timber Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Timber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Timber Cemetery
  • Vallonia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vallonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vallonia Cemetery
  • Oberlin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oberlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oberlin Cemetery
  • Edwards Maple Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Maple Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Maple Cemetery
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
  • Jennings Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jennings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jennings Cemetery
  • White Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
  • Dresden Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dresden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dresden Cemetery
  • Clayton Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Clayton Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Clayton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clayton Cemetery
  • Norcatur Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norcatur Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norcatur Cemetery
  • Shirley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (61 more) ...
    • Mennonite Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mennonite Cemetery
    • Shibboleth Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lund Church Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lund Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lund Church Cemetery

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kanona had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Kanona, with the one closest to Kanona listed first.

  • Oberlin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oberlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin
    • Oberlin is located in Decatur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oberlin <3>
  • Jennings
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
    • Jennings is located in Decatur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
  • Norcatur
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
    • Norcatur is located in Decatur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
  • Dresden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Clayton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Clayton is located in Norton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
  • Lyle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle
    • Lyle is located in Decatur County
  • Cedar Bluffs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluffs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs
    • Cedar Bluffs is located in Decatur County
  • Allison ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
    • Allison is located in Decatur County
  • Rockwell City ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwell City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell City
    • Rockwell City is located in Norton County
  • Danbury
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
    • Danbury is located in Red Willow County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danbury <3>
  • Traer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Traer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traer
    • Traer is located in Decatur County
  • Dellvale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellvale
    • Dellvale is located in Norton County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lebanon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
      • Lebanon is located in Red Willow County (NE)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <3>
    • Selden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
      • Selden is located in Sheridan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Oronoque
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
      • Oronoque is located in Norton County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kanona. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kanona.

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Kanona and then turned west". While Kanona could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Kanona as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Kanona could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Kansas community named Kanona.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kanona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kanona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7967, Longitude: -100.3899       In this case, the coordinates for Kanona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Kanona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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