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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Catherine. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Catherine to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Catherine, please Contact Us.

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 Catherine (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 Catherine. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Catherine is historic, it would have been located within present day Chase 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 Chase County: Phillips (CO), Yuma (CO), Dundy, Hayes & Perkins.

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

  • Chase County     (The home county of Catherine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catherine, with the one closest to Catherine listed first.
    • Blanche ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blanche. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
      • Blanche is located in Chase County
    • Wauneta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Enders
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Imperial
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Champion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Crete
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
      • Crete is located in Chase County
  • Dundy County
    • Ough
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ough
      • Ough is located in Dundy County
  • Hayes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catherine, with the one closest to Catherine listed first.
    • Hamlet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Hayes Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Center
      • Hayes Center is located in Hayes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayes Center <3>
  • Hitchcock County
    • Palisade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catherine, with the one closest to Catherine listed first.
    • Wallace
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dickens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
      • Dickens is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dickens <3>
    • Somerset
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somerset have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
      • Somerset is located in Lincoln County
  • Perkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catherine, with the one closest to Catherine listed first.
    • Grainton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grainton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainton
      • Grainton is located in Perkins County
    • Elsie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Madrid
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
      • Madrid is located in Perkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madrid <3>
    • Grant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Grant is located in Perkins County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Catherine ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catherine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Catherine, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Catherine.

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 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 Catherine:

Cemeteries Near Catherine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catherine.

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

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

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.

Catherine itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Blanche ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blanche. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
    • Blanche is located in Chase County
  • Elsie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wallace
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Enders
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wauneta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Madrid
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
    • Madrid is located in Perkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madrid <3>
  • Imperial
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hayes Center
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Center
    • Hayes Center is located in Hayes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayes Center <3>
  • Dickens
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
    • Dickens is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dickens <3>
  • Marengo
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
    • Marengo is located in Hayes County
  • Grant
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Grant is located in Perkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <3>
  • Champion
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Ough
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ough
      • Ough is located in Dundy County
    • Palisade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chase
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
      • Chase is located in Chase County

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

The official website for Chase County: www.co.chase.ne.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Catherine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Catherine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Catherine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6538, Longitude: -101.3450    
<6>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.




 

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