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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 Crawford (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 Crawford. 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 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.

Crawford is located in Dawes 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 Dawes County: Box Butte, Sheridan, Sioux, Fall River (SD) & Oglala Lakota (SD).

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

  • Dawes County     (The home county of Crawford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
    • Horn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn
      • Horn is located in Dawes County
    • Belmont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
      • Belmont is located in Dawes County
    • Whitney
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Dawes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitney <2>
    • Marsland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Chadron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chadron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadron
      • Chadron is located in Dawes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,250 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chadron <2>
    • Bordeaux ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bordeaux have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
      • Bordeaux is located in Dawes County
  • Box Butte County
    • Hemingford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemingford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingford
      • Hemingford is located in Box Butte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemingford <2>
  • Sioux County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crawford, with the one closest to Crawford listed first.
    • Montrose ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montrose have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
      • Montrose is located in Sioux County
    • Harrison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Fall River County (SD)
    • Ardmore ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
      • Ardmore is located in Fall River County (SD)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Crawford ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crawford.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

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 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 Crawford:

Cemeteries Near Crawford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crawford.

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

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

  • St. John Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Crawford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Ft. Robinson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Crow Butte Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crow Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crow Butte Cemetery
  • Glendale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitney Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitney Cemetery
  • Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Belmont Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belmont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmont Cemetery
  • Union Star Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Union Star Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Star Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101571 <4>
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Andrews Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Highland Center Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Center Cemetery
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Marsland Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marsland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marsland Cemetery
    • Shisler Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shisler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shisler Cemetery
    • Bodarc Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Crawford had a population of 571 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Crawford had a population of 905 people.

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

  • Fort Robinson ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Robinson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Robinson
    • Fort Robinson is located in Dawes County
  • Belmont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Belmont is located in Dawes County
  • Glen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
    • Glen is located in Sioux County
  • Whitney
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Whitney is located in Dawes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitney <2>
  • Andrews
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andrews have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Andrews is located in Sioux County
  • Marsland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Dakota Junction
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dakota Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota Junction
    • Dakota Junction is located in Dawes County
  • Chadron
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chadron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadron
    • Chadron is located in Dawes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,250 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chadron <2>
  • Montrose ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montrose have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
    • Montrose is located in Sioux County
  • Nonpareil
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nonpareil have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonpareil
    • Nonpareil is located in Box Butte County
  • Harrison
    (24 miles [38.6 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 Crawford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crawford.

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

The official website for Dawes County: www.co.dawes.ne.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 from Point A (ie- Crawford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crawford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6831, Longitude: -103.4095    
<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>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.
<6>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 Crawford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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