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Introduction ...

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

We've added Cio to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cio, 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 Cio (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 Cio. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Cio is historic, it would have been located within present day Otoe 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 Otoe County: Fremont (IA), Atchison (MO), Cass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster & Nemaha.

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

  • Otoe County     (The home county of Cio)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cio, with the one closest to Cio listed first.
    • Lorton
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Talmage
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dunbar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Syracuse
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Nebraska City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Otoe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wyoming
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wyoming is located in Otoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
    • Unadilla
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Burr
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Douglas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Palmyra
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cio, with the one closest to Cio listed first.
    • Avoca
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Nehawka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Union
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Weeping Water
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Murray
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Elmwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Manley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Wabash
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Wabash is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
    • Rock Bluff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Rock Bluff is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
    • Alvo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Eagle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Murdock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gage County
    • Adams
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cio, with the one closest to Cio listed first.
    • Cook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cook is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <2>
    • Graf ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Graf is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
    • Tecumseh
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Mary
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Mary is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
    • Sterling
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Vesta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Vesta is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
    • Crab Orchard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cio, with the one closest to Cio listed first.
    • Bennet
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Panama
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Holland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Holland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Firth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Firth is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firth <2>
  • Nemaha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cio, with the one closest to Cio listed first.
    • Brock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Julian
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Julian is located in Nemaha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Johnson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Rohrs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Rohrs is located in Nemaha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrs
    • Auburn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Peru
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Howe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Howe is located in Nemaha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
    • Brownville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Nemaha
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Nemaha is located in Nemaha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
      • Nemaha has also been known as:
      • Nemaha City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nemaha <2>
  • Pawnee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cio, with the one closest to Cio listed first.
    • Steinauer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Table Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Richardson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cio, with the one closest to Cio listed first.
    • Stella
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Humboldt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Shubert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fremont County (IA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cio, with the one closest to Cio listed first.
    • Payne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Payne is located in Fremont County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Percival
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hamburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hamburg is located in Fremont County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,041 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamburg <2>
    • McPaul
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • McPaul is located in Fremont County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPaul
    • Thurman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Thurman is located in Fremont County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
    • Sidney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sidney is located in Fremont County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <2>
    • Bartlett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bartlett is located in Fremont County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
    • Riverton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Anderson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Anderson is located in Fremont County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Tabor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tabor is located in Fremont County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 958 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tabor <2>
    • Farragut
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • High Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • High Creek is located in Fremont County (IA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
  • Atchison County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cio, with the one closest to Cio listed first.
    • Watson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Watson is located in Atchison County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • Phelps City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Phelps City is located in Atchison County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
    • Rock Port
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmers City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City

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

Cemeteries Near Cio ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cio.

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

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

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

While we didn't find Cio in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cio.

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

  • Lorton
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Talmage
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Dunbar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Paul
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Paul is located in Otoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
  • Brock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cook is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <2>
  • Julian
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Julian is located in Nemaha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • Syracuse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Nebraska City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Wyoming
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyoming is located in Otoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
  • Johnson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Glenrock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenrock is located in Nemaha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrock
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Minersville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Minersville is located in Otoe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
    • Burr
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Graf ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Graf is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf

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

Newspapers Published in Cio ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cio.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Cio:

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 Cio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Cio) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.