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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 Bostwick (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 Bostwick. 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.

Bostwick is located in Nuckolls 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 Nuckolls County: Jewell (KS), Republic (KS), Clay, Fillmore, Thayer & Webster.

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

  • Nuckolls County     (The home county of Bostwick)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bostwick, with the one closest to Bostwick listed first.
    • Superior
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Nelson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Nora
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Nora is located in Nuckolls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Lawrence
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ruskin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Angus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Angus is located in Nuckolls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Oak
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak is located in Nuckolls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak <1>
    • Sedan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sedan is located in Nuckolls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
  • Adams County
    • Ayr
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ayr is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayr
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ayr <1>
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bostwick, with the one closest to Bostwick listed first.
    • Deweese
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Edgar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Ong
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin County
    • Riverton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Thayer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bostwick, with the one closest to Bostwick listed first.
    • Byron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Deshler
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Davenport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Stoddard ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Stoddard is located in Thayer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bostwick, with the one closest to Bostwick listed first.
    • Guide Rock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pawnee Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Pawnee Village is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Village
    • Amboy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Amboy is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
    • Cowles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cowles is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
    • Red Cloud
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Rosemont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosemont is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
    • Blue Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Inavale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bladen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jewell County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bostwick, with the one closest to Bostwick listed first.
    • Webber
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Webber is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webber <1>
    • Burr Oak
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Burr Oak is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Mankato
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Montrose
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Montrose is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
      • Former name for Montrose:
      • Delta
    • Esbon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Esbon is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esbon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Esbon <1>
    • Formoso
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Formoso is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Jewell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jewell is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Randall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Randall is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
  • Republic County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bostwick, with the one closest to Bostwick listed first.
    • White Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • White Rock is located in Republic County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Republic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Republic is located in Republic County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
    • Courtland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sherdahl
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Sherdahl is located in Republic County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherdahl
    • Scandia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Scandia is located in Republic County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scandia <1>
    • Kackley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kackley is located in Republic County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kackley
  • Smith County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bostwick, with the one closest to Bostwick listed first.
    • Lebanon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Womer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Womer is located in Smith County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer

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

Cemeteries Near Bostwick ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bostwick.

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

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

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

  • Beulah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Columbia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Shaffer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Olive Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Superior.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
    • Superior Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1290980 <2>
  • Ladies Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Guide Rock Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley View Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Superior.
    • The Valley View Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wilson Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2320687 <2>
  • Beaver Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (124 more) ...
    • Montana Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Monia Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • North Branch Friends Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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 in 1895, Bostwick had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Superior
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Smyrna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna is located in Nuckolls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
  • Guide Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mount Clare
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mount Clare is located in Nuckolls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clare
  • Cadams
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cadams is located in Nuckolls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadams
  • Northbranch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Northbranch is located in Jewell County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbranch
  • Webber
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Webber is located in Jewell County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webber <1>
  • Nelson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Burr Oak
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Burr Oak is located in Jewell County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Oak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
  • Hardy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Nora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Nora is located in Nuckolls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
  • Amboy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Amboy is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Warwick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Warwick is located in Republic County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
    • Cowles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cowles is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
    • Lawrence
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Bostwick ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bostwick.

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

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 Bostwick:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bostwick) 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 Bostwick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.