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 Beverly (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 Beverly. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Beverly is located in Hitchcock County.
To see how the shape of Nebraska's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hitchcock County: Rawlins (KS), Dundy, Frontier, Hayes & Red Willow.
Below are the counties that are near Beverly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beverly:
- Hitchcock County (The home county of Beverly)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Trenton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Trenton is located in Hitchcock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <2>
- Culbertson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palisade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stratton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chase County
- Wauneta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Max
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ough
- Ough is located in Dundy County
- Hayes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Hamlet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hayes Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Center
- Hayes Center is located in Hayes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayes Center <2>
- Red Willow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- McCook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Red Willow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Willow
- Red Willow is located in Red Willow County
- Indianola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Decatur County (KS)
- Traer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Traer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traer
- Traer is located in Decatur County (KS)
- Rawlins County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Herndon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herndon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Herndon is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Ludell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludell
- Ludell is located in Rawlins County (KS)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beverly, see our County-by-County Page for Beverly.
Newspapers Published in Beverly ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beverly.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beverly, 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 Beverly.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Beverly:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Hitchcock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chase County
- Dundy County
- Hayes County
- Red Willow County
- Decatur County
- Rawlins County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nebraska
Cemeteries Near Beverly ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beverly.
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 Beverly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Trenton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blackwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Palisade Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Palisade Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rising Sun Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Culbertson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rosefield Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Union Mission Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (48 more) ...
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Meadow Lawn Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Stratton.
- The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stratton Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152151 <4>
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Beverly had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beverly, with the one closest to Beverly listed first.
- Trenton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Trenton is located in Hitchcock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <2>
- Culbertson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palisade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Perry is located in Red Willow County
- Stratton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hayes Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Center
- Hayes Center is located in Hayes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayes Center <2>
- Cornell ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Cornell is located in Hitchcock County
- McCook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Quick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick
- Quick is located in Frontier County
- Wauneta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marengo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Marengo is located in Hayes County
- Max
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Red Willow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Willow
- Red Willow is located in Red Willow County
- Herndon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herndon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Herndon is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Ough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ough
- Ough is located in Dundy County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beverly. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beverly.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beverly. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hitchcock County: www.co.hitchcock.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Beverly) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beverly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2811, Longitude: -100.9737 In this case, the coordinates for Beverly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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 Beverly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |