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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 Alliance (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 Alliance. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Alliance is located in Box Butte County and is the County Seat.

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 Box Butte County: Dawes, Garden, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan & Sioux.

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

  • Box Butte County     (The home county of Alliance)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alliance, with the one closest to Alliance listed first.
    • Berea
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
      • Berea is located in Box Butte County
    • Hemingford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemingford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingford
      • Hemingford is located in Box Butte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemingford <2>
  • Morrill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alliance, with the one closest to Alliance listed first.
    • Bonner ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonner
      • Bonner is located in Morrill County
    • Angora
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheridan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alliance, with the one closest to Alliance listed first.
    • Antioch ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
      • Antioch is located in Sheridan County
    • Lakeside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Ellsworth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Alliance ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alliance.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Alliance. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Alliance and those printed in the larger area surrounding Alliance.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Alliance.

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 Alliance:

Cemeteries Near Alliance ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alliance.

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

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

  • Alliance Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • Hagaman Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Plainview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plainview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plainview Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Hemingford Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hemingford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hemingford Cemetery
  • Severson Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Severson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Severson Cemetery
  • Snake Creek Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snake Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snake Creek Cemetery
  • Angora Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Katen Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Katen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Katen Cemetery
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Neely Flat Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neely Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neely Flat Cemetery
    • Lawn Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawn Cemetery
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery

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 Alliance had a population of 829 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Alliance had a population of 8,029 people.

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

  • Berea
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Berea is located in Box Butte County
  • Antioch ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Antioch is located in Sheridan County
  • Hemingford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemingford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingford
    • Hemingford is located in Box Butte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemingford <2>
  • Lakeside
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Nonpareil
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nonpareil have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonpareil
    • Nonpareil is located in Box Butte County

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

The official website for Alliance: www.cityofalliance.net/

The official website for Box Butte County: www.co.box-butte.ne.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Alliance) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alliance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1046, Longitude: -102.8710    
<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 Alliance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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