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 Beechwood (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 Beechwood. 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.
Beechwood is located in Douglas County.
To see how the shape of Nebraska's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Pottawattamie (IA), Dodge, Sarpy, Saunders & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Beechwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beechwood:
- Douglas County (The home county of Beechwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- Home Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Home Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
- Briggs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Irvington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Irvington is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Omaha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Omaha is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
- Omaha has also been known as:
- Omaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <1>
- Ralston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boys Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bennington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Millard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Elk City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elk City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Waterloo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- King Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- King Lake is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Lake
- Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- Cullom
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cullom is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullom
- Cedar Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plattsmouth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mynard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mynard is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mynard
- Louisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Bluff is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
- South Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Murray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Manley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- Fontanelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fontanelle is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
- Telbasta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Telbasta is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telbasta
- Fremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Inglewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Inglewood is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Sarpy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- La Vista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bellevue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gilmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Papillion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Portal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Chalco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- La Platte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- La Platte is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Platte
- Gretna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Linoma Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Linoma Beach is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linoma Beach
- Saunders County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- Wann
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wann is located in Saunders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wann
- Yutan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leshara
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Woodcliff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodcliff is located in Saunders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcliff
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Memphis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- Fort Calhoun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto has also been known as:
- DeSoto
- Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kennard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blair
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Herman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- California Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Missouri Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Modale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Logan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Logan is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,403 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <1>
- Yorkshire
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Magnolia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Persia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Persia is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Mondamin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Woodbine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mills County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- Hentons ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hentons is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentons
- Folsom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Folsom is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Mineola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pacific City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pacific City is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Glenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Pacific Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mills is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Malvern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pottawattamie County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- Carter Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Council Bluffs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chautauqua is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Honey Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Weston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Loveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Pigeon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- McClelland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Underwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dumfries
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
- Treynor
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Treynor is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treynor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 967 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Treynor <1>
- Neola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Neola is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 890 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neola <1>
- Shelby County (IA)
- Shelby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beechwood, see our County-by-County Page for Beechwood.
Cemeteries Near Beechwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beechwood.
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 Beechwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beechwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Jewish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Golden Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Potters Field
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Springwell Danish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Servants of Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (211 more) ...
- Shipley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crescent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Beechwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beechwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beechwood, with the one closest to Beechwood listed first.
- Briggs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Council Bluffs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Irvington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Irvington is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Omaha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Omaha is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
- Omaha has also been known as:
- Omaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <1>
- South Omaha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Omaha is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Omaha
- Honey Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Fort Calhoun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Avery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Bennington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Portal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Papillion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Bellevue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beechwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beechwood.
Newspapers Published in Beechwood ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beechwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beechwood, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beechwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Beechwood:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Douglas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Dodge County
- Sarpy County
- Saunders County
- Washington County
- Harrison County
- Mills County
- Pottawattamie County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nebraska
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> | 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 Beechwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beechwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |