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 Beckerville (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 Beckerville. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Beckerville is located in Nemaha County.
To see how the shape of Kansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nemaha County: Brown, Jackson, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Pawnee (NE) & Richardson (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Beckerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beckerville:
- Nemaha County (The home county of Beckerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckerville, with the one closest to Beckerville listed first.
- America City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- America City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America City
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centralia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Goff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Goff is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Kelly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Baileyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Baileyville is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Seneca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wetmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Saint Benedict ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Benedict is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Woodlawn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Central City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Capioma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckerville, with the one closest to Beckerville listed first.
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mercier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Powhattan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckerville, with the one closest to Beckerville listed first.
- Soldier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Circleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Netawaka
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Holton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Delia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delia is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Whiting
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Birmingham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Mayetta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckerville, with the one closest to Beckerville listed first.
- Vermillion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frankfort
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frankfort is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Axtell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Axtell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Winifred
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winifred is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifred
- Beattie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beattie is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Irving ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Irving is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Home
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carden
- Blue Rapids
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summerfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alcove Spring ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Alcove Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcove Spring
- Marysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pottawatomie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckerville, with the one closest to Beckerville listed first.
- Duluth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duluth is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
- Onaga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Havensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wheaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheaton is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Blaine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Aikins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Aikins is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikins
- Saint Clere
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Clere is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clere
- Westmoreland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Emmett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fostoria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fostoria is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Louisville has also been known as:
- Louisville Springs
- Rock City
- Rock Creek Falls
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <1>
- Olsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pawnee County (NE)
- Du Bois
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beckerville, see our County-by-County Page for Beckerville.
Cemeteries Near Beckerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beckerville.
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 Beckerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beckerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beckerville, with the one closest to Beckerville listed first.
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mulberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Neuchatel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duluth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Regard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- America City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Onega Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Corning Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Hawesville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Centralia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
While we didn't find Beckerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beckerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beckerville, with the one closest to Beckerville listed first.
- Neuchatel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neuchatel is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuchatel
- America City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- America City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America City
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Onaga
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Havensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Centralia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vermillion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wheaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheaton is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Soldier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vliets
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vliets is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vliets
- Goff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Goff is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Kelly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Blaine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bancroft
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bancroft is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beckerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beckerville.
Newspapers Published in Beckerville ...
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 224 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beckerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beckerville, 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 Beckerville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Beckerville:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Nemaha County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Jackson County
- Marshall County
- Pottawatomie County
- Pawnee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
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> | 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 Beckerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Beckerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |