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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 Sedgwick (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 Sedgwick. 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 hospitals and 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.

Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sedgwick:

  • Sedgwick County     (The home county of Sedgwick)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedgwick, with the one closest to Sedgwick listed first.
    • Ovid
      (7 miles [11.3 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
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedgwick, with the one closest to Sedgwick listed first.
    • Red Lion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Red Lion is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
    • Crook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Dailey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Dailey is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
    • Fleming
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Iliff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Petersburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Petersburg is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Petersburg
    • Peetz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Phillips County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedgwick, with the one closest to Sedgwick listed first.
    • Haxtun
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Paoli
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Amherst
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holyoke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cheyenne County (NE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedgwick, with the one closest to Sedgwick listed first.
    • Lodgepole
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sunol
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunol is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunol
    • Colton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Colton is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
    • Sidney
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Sedgwick, with the one closest to Sedgwick listed first.
    • Chappell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Barton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Barton is located in Deuel County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Big Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Keith County (NE)
    • Megeath
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Megeath is located in Keith County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megeath
  • Perkins County (NE)
    • Venango
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Venango is located in Perkins County (NE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venango
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venango <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Sedgwick ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sedgwick.

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

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

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

  • Sedgwick Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Ovid Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Woodham Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Chappell Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lynch Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Swankee Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mennonite Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Czech Slovensky Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Barber Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Pleasantview Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Berea Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Paoli Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sedgwick had a population of 40 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sedgwick had a population of 137 people.

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

  • Red Lion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Red Lion is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • Chappell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Julesburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Crook
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lodgepole
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Barton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Barton is located in Deuel County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
  • Sunol
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunol is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunol
  • Haxtun
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Paoli
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Colton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Colton is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
  • Proctor ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Proctor is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
  • Fleming
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Amherst
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Holyoke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sedgwick ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sedgwick.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sedgwick. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sedgwick and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sedgwick.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Sedgwick.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Sedgwick:

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 'straight-line' (or 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- Sedgwick) 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 Sedgwick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.