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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 Dorsey (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 Dorsey. 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 and hospitals 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.

Dorsey is located in Sedgwick County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sedgwick County: Logan, Phillips, Cheyenne (NE), Deuel (NE) & Perkins (NE).

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

  • Sedgwick County     (The home county of Dorsey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dorsey, with the one closest to Dorsey listed first.
    • Sedgwick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ovid
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Ovid is located in Sedgwick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovid <1>
    • Julesburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dorsey, with the one closest to Dorsey listed first.
    • Red Lion
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Red Lion is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
    • Crook
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Dailey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Dailey is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
    • Fleming
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Iliff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Peetz
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Saint Petersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Petersburg is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Petersburg
    • Buchanan ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Buchanan is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
  • Phillips County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dorsey, with the one closest to Dorsey listed first.
    • Haxtun
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Paoli
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Amherst
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Holyoke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cheyenne County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dorsey, with the one closest to Dorsey listed first.
    • Lodgepole
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Sunol
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunol is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunol
    • Colton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Colton is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
    • Sidney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sidney is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,235 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <1>
    • Lorenzo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Lorenzo is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzo
  • Deuel County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dorsey, with the one closest to Dorsey listed first.
    • Chappell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Barton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Barton is located in Deuel County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Big Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Dorsey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dorsey.

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 Dorsey - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sedgwick Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lynch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Swankee Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Czech Slovensky Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodham Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ovid Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ovid Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ovid.
    • The Ovid Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Reservation Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57475 <2>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Chappell Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Barber Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Mennonite Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Fleming Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Paoli Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Pleasantview Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Dorsey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dorsey.

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

  • Red Lion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Red Lion is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • Sedgwick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Crook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Chappell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lodgepole
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Haxtun
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Sunol
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunol is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunol
  • Julesburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Proctor ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Proctor is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
  • Fleming
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Paoli
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Colton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Colton is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Barton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Barton is located in Deuel County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Sidney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sidney is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,235 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <1>
    • Iliff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Dorsey ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dorsey.

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

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 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 Dorsey:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Dorsey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Dorsey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.