Our Genealogy Helper
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 Darr (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 Darr. 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 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.
Darr is located in Dawson 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 Dawson County: Buffalo, Custer, Frontier, Gosper, Lincoln & Phelps.
Below are the counties that are near Darr. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Darr:
- Dawson County (The home county of Darr)
- The following are listed by their distance from Darr, with the one closest to Darr listed first.
- Cozad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willow Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Island
- Willow Island is located in Dawson County
- Gothenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Overton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Overton is located in Dawson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overton <1>
- Eddyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Farnam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sumner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darr, with the one closest to Darr listed first.
- Miller
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elm Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Creek
- Elm Creek is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elm Creek <1>
- Custer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darr, with the one closest to Darr listed first.
- Oconto
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cumro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumro
- Cumro is located in Custer County
- Buckeye
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Buckeye is located in Custer County
- Frontier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darr, with the one closest to Darr listed first.
- Eustis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eustis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
- Eustis is located in Frontier County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 369 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eustis <1>
- Orafino
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orafino
- Orafino is located in Frontier County
- Moorefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gosper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darr, with the one closest to Darr listed first.
- Elwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Elwood is located in Gosper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elwood <1>
- Smithfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County
- Brady
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brady have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Brady is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brady <1>
- Phelps County
- The following are listed by their distance from Darr, with the one closest to Darr listed first.
- Westmark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmark
- Westmark is located in Phelps County
- Bertrand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loomis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Darr, see our County-by-County Page for Darr.
Newspapers Published in Darr ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Darr.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Darr, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Darr.
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 websites either 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 Darr:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Dawson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buffalo County
- Custer County
- Frontier County
- Gosper County
- Lincoln County
- Phelps County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nebraska
Cemeteries Near Darr ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Darr.
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 Darr covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Darr, with the one closest to Darr listed first.
- Grace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cozad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hewitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hillside Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Lutheran Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the south of Lexington.
- The Hillside Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillside Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100776 <4>
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (63 more) ...
- Willow Island Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eustis East Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Eustis East Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Cemetery
- Eustis Lutheran Cemetery
- Eustis Methodist Cemetery
- Eustis United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eustis East Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993137 <4>
- Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Darr in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Darr.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Darr, with the one closest to Darr listed first.
- Cozad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willow Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Island
- Willow Island is located in Dawson County
- Eustis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eustis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
- Eustis is located in Frontier County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 369 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eustis <1>
- Josselyn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josselyn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josselyn
- Josselyn is located in Dawson County
- Elwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Elwood is located in Gosper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elwood <1>
- Gothenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smithfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Overton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Overton is located in Dawson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overton <1>
- Eddyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Farnam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vroman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vroman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
- Vroman is located in Lincoln County
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Westmark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmark
- Westmark is located in Phelps County
- Oconto
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bertrand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Darr. See our List of 1890's Communities around Darr.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Darr. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dawson County: www.dawsoncountyne.net/
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 '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- Darr) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Darr. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8187, Longitude: -99.8824 |
<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 Darr, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |