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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 Dannebrog (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 Dannebrog. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Dannebrog is located in Howard 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 Howard County: Buffalo, Greeley, Hall, Merrick, Nance, Sherman & Valley.

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

  • Howard County     (The home county of Dannebrog)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dannebrog, with the one closest to Dannebrog listed first.
    • Nysted
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Nysted is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted
    • Saint Paul
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Farwell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Boelus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Howard City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Howard City is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
    • Saint Libory
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Elba
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cushing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cushing is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
    • Dannevirke
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dannevirke is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannevirke
    • Cotesfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dannebrog, with the one closest to Dannebrog listed first.
    • Prosser
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Prosser is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Hansen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hansen is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansen
  • Buffalo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dannebrog, with the one closest to Dannebrog listed first.
    • Nantasket ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Nantasket is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantasket
    • Ravenna
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Poole
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Poole is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
    • Sweetwater
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Sweetwater is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Shelton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Denman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Denman is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denman
    • Gibbon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasanton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Greeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dannebrog, with the one closest to Dannebrog listed first.
    • Wolbach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Brayton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Brayton is located in Greeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
    • Scotia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Greeley Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Greeley Center is located in Greeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
    • Greeley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Horace ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Horace is located in Greeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dannebrog, with the one closest to Dannebrog listed first.
    • Cairo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cameron
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cameron is located in Hall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
    • Grand Island
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Alda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Wood River
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Doniphan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dannebrog, with the one closest to Dannebrog listed first.
    • Phillips
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Marquette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Overland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Overland is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
  • Merrick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dannebrog, with the one closest to Dannebrog listed first.
    • Worms
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Worms is located in Merrick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worms
    • Palmer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Archer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Chapman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hord
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Hord is located in Merrick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Paddock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Paddock is located in Merrick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
    • Central City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Sherman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dannebrog, with the one closest to Dannebrog listed first.
    • Rockville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ashton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Loup City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Loup City is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loup City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
      • Loup City has also been known as:
      • Loup
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loup City <1>
    • North Loup City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • North Loup City is located in Sherman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Loup City
    • Hazard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Valley County
    • North Loup
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Dannebrog ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dannebrog.

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

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

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

  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Nysted Evangelical Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted Evangelical Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Nysted Evangelical Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Nysted.
    • The Nysted Evangelical Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Nysted Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146759 <2>
  • Swedish Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Canada Hill Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Warsaw Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Scotch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Farwell.
    • The St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Posen Cemetery
    • St. Anthony Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2179817 <2>
  • Loup Fork Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Czechoslovakia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Danish Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (97 more) ...
    • Kelso Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Cairo.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101016 <2>

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 Dannebrog had a population of 280 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Dannebrog had a population of 307 people.

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

  • Nysted
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Nysted is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nysted
  • Saint Paul
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Farwell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cairo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Boelus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Abbott
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Abbott is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
  • Saint Libory
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Elba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Saint Michael
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Michael is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
  • Cameron
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cameron is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
  • Rockville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Cushing
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cushing is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Ashton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand Island
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Palmer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dannebrog ...

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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dannebrog.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

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 Dannebrog:

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