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Welcome to Venus ...

So far, we found very little information about Venus. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Venus to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Venus, please Contact Us.

Venus would have been located within present day Knox County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Venus, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Venus, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Venus is 1,860 feet [567 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Venus was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Venus still existed, it would have been in the (402) & (531)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Venus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nebraska communities named Venus: This one is located in Knox County and the other is located in Antelope County.

Beyond Nebraska, there are 13 communities that are also named Venus - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Venus.

Communities near Venus ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Venus.

  • O'Neill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
    • O'Neill is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
    • O'Neill has also been known as:
    • O'Neill City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <6>
  • Creighton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creighton have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
    • Creighton is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,077 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creighton <6>
  • Verdigre
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ewing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewing have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
    • Ewing is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ewing <6>
  • Orchard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Page
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Brunswick
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
    • Brunswick is located in Antelope County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <6>
  • Inman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inman have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
    • Inman is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <6>
  • Winnetoon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Royal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
    • Royal is located in Antelope County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Venus. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Venus.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Venus. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Venus.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Venus. See our Newspapers Page for Venus.

Adding Venus to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Venus in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Venus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Venus post office opened in 1880.

We also found Venus in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Venus.

The official website for Knox County: www.co.knox.ne.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Venus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Venus - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (531) is an overlay for area code (402).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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