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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 Bruning (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 Bruning. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Bruning is located in Thayer County.

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 Thayer County: Republic (KS), Washington (KS), Fillmore, Jefferson & Nuckolls.

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

  • Thayer County     (The home county of Bruning)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruning, with the one closest to Bruning listed first.
    • Belvidere
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Carleton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carleton
      • Carleton is located in Thayer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carleton <1>
    • Hebron
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Alexandria
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Davenport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Gilead
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
      • Gilead is located in Thayer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilead <1>
    • Deshler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deshler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deshler
      • Deshler is located in Thayer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deshler <1>
    • Chester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hubbell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hubbell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbell
      • Hubbell is located in Thayer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hubbell <1>
    • Byron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruning, with the one closest to Bruning listed first.
    • Ong
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Edgar
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Sutton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Verona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Verona is located in Clay County
    • Saronville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saronville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saronville
      • Saronville is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saronville <1>
    • Clay Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Deweese
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Fillmore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruning, with the one closest to Bruning listed first.
    • Strang
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strang have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strang
      • Strang is located in Fillmore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strang <1>
    • Ohiowa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Shickley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Geneva
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Milligan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairmont
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Grafton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Exeter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
      • Exeter is located in Fillmore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <1>
    • Bixby
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
      • Bixby is located in Fillmore County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruning, with the one closest to Bruning listed first.
    • Daykin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daykin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daykin
      • Daykin is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daykin <1>
    • Powell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in Jefferson County
    • Reynolds
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairbury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Thompson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
      • Thompson is located in Jefferson County
    • Jansen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jansen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jansen
      • Jansen is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jansen <1>
    • Plymouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Plymouth is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <1>
    • Endicott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Endicott have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endicott
      • Endicott is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Endicott <1>
  • Nuckolls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruning, with the one closest to Bruning listed first.
    • Sedan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
      • Sedan is located in Nuckolls County
    • Oak
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
      • Oak is located in Nuckolls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak <1>
    • Ruskin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruskin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Ruskin is located in Nuckolls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruskin <1>
    • Angus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Angus is located in Nuckolls County
    • Nora
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
      • Nora is located in Nuckolls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Nelson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Hardy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saline County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruning, with the one closest to Bruning listed first.
    • Tobias
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Western
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Swanton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Friend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Seward County
    • Cordova
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruning, with the one closest to Bruning listed first.
    • Lushton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
      • Lushton is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • McCool Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Republic County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bruning, with the one closest to Bruning listed first.
    • Narka
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
      • Narka is located in Republic County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Munden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munden
      • Munden is located in Republic County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
  • Washington County (KS)
    • Mahaska
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mahaska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahaska
      • Mahaska is located in Washington County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bruning ...

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 211 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bruning.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

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 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 Bruning:

Cemeteries Near Bruning ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bruning.

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

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

  • Keim Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keim Cemetery
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Plain Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Plain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Plain Cemetery
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
  • Franklin Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Summit Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery South
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • North Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Lutheran Cemetery
  • Ohiowa Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Lutheran Church North Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Lutheran Church North Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Ohiowa.
    • The St. Johns Lutheran Church North Cemetery has also been known as:
    • North Lutheran Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Lutheran Church North Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101051 <4>
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (122 more) ...
    • Shickley Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
    • Alexandria Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alexandria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alexandria 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 in 1895, Bruning had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bruning had a population of 264 people.

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

  • Strang
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strang have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strang
    • Strang is located in Fillmore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strang <1>
  • Belvidere
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Carleton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carleton
    • Carleton is located in Thayer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carleton <1>
  • Ohiowa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Martland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martland
    • Martland is located in Fillmore County
  • Shickley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Carlisle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlisle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Carlisle is located in Fillmore County
  • Hebron
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Alexandria
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tobias
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Geneva
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Davenport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Daykin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daykin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daykin
      • Daykin is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daykin <1>
    • Milligan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ong
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bruning. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Thayer County: www.thayercounty.ne.gov/

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

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bruning) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bruning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3362, Longitude: -97.5655    
<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 Bruning, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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