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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 Greeley Center (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 Greeley Center. 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 Greeley Center ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Greeley Center: Greeley Ctr. (or less commonly used: Greeley Cen., Greeley Cent. or Greeley Cntr.)

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 doctors and 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.

Greeley Center is located in Greeley 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 Greeley County: Boone, Garfield, Howard, Nance, Sherman, Valley & Wheeler.

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

  • Greeley County     (The home county of Greeley Center)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley Center, with the one closest to Greeley Center listed first.
    • Greeley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Brayton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
      • Brayton is located in Greeley County
    • Horace ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
      • Horace is located in Greeley County
    • Scotia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Spalding
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spalding have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding
      • Spalding is located in Greeley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spalding <1>
    • Wolbach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley Center, with the one closest to Greeley Center listed first.
    • Primrose
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Primrose have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
      • Primrose is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Primrose <1>
    • Cedar Rapids
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rapids
      • Cedar Rapids is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Rapids <1>
    • Akron
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Akron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Akron is located in Boone County
    • Loretto
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
      • Loretto is located in Boone County
    • Albion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Albion is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,558 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley Center, with the one closest to Greeley Center listed first.
    • Cotesfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotesfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
      • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Elba
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Dannevirke
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
      • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
    • Cushing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
      • Cushing is located in Howard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
    • Farwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Saint Paul
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Nysted
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted
      • Nysted is located in Howard County
    • Dannebrog
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dannebrog have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannebrog
      • Dannebrog is located in Howard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dannebrog <1>
  • Merrick County
    • Palmer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
      • Palmer is located in Merrick County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmer <1>
  • Nance County
    • Belgrade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Sherman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley Center, with the one closest to Greeley Center listed first.
    • Ashton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • North Loup City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Loup City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Loup City
      • North Loup City is located in Sherman County
    • Loup City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loup City
      • Loup City is located in Sherman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
      • Loup City has also been known as:
      • Loup
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loup City <1>
  • Valley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley Center, with the one closest to Greeley Center listed first.
    • North Loup
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Ord
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
      • Ord is located in Valley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,052 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ord <1>
    • Elyria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elyria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
      • Elyria is located in Valley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <1>
  • Wheeler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greeley Center, with the one closest to Greeley Center listed first.
    • Ericson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bartlett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Greeley Center ...

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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greeley Center.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greeley Center, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greeley Center.

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 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 Greeley Center:

Cemeteries Near Greeley Center ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greeley Center.

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 Greeley Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Swedish Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Greeley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • O'Connor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Summit Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery - North
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wolbach Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wolbach Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wolbach Cemetery
  • North Logan Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Enfield Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enfield Cemetery
  • Continue List   (57 more) ...
    • Grand View Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Michaels Calvary Cemetery - South
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of North Loup.
      • The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
      • North Loup Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100777 <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 Greeley Center had a population of 492 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Greeley Center had a population of 421 people.

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

  • Greeley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • O'Connor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for O'Connor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Connor
    • O'Connor is located in Greeley County
  • Brayton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
    • Brayton is located in Greeley County
  • Belfast
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfast have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
    • Belfast is located in Greeley County
  • Horace ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
    • Horace is located in Greeley County
  • Scotia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • North Loup
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Wolbach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sumter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sumter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
    • Sumter is located in Valley County
  • Cotesfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotesfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
    • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Olean
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olean have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
    • Olean is located in Valley County
  • Ericson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Dannevirke
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
      • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
    • Elba
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Cushing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
      • Cushing is located in Howard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greeley Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/

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 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>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 from Point A (ie- Greeley Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greeley Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5483, Longitude: -98.5305       In this case, the coordinates for Greeley Center 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 Greeley Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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