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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 Edholm (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 Edholm. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Edholm is located in Butler 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 Butler County: Colfax, Dodge, Lancaster, Platte, Polk, Saunders, Seward & York.

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

  • Butler County     (The home county of Edholm)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edholm, with the one closest to Edholm listed first.
    • Octavia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Octavia is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octavia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Linwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Nimburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Nimburg is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
    • Abie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bruno
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • David City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Brainard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Garrison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Garrison is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Millerton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Millerton is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • Loma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Loma is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
    • Rising City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Colfax County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edholm, with the one closest to Edholm listed first.
    • Schuyler
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rogers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Rogers is located in Colfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Richland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Richland is located in Colfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Howells
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Clarkson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Leigh
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Cuming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edholm, with the one closest to Edholm listed first.
    • Aloys
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Aloys is located in Cuming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloys
    • Monterey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Monterey is located in Cuming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edholm, with the one closest to Edholm listed first.
    • North Bend
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Webster
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Webster is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Ames
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Dodge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Snyder
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Inglewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Inglewood is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
    • Scribner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fremont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Crowell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Crowell is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowell
    • Hooper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Nickerson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lancaster County
    • Agnew
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Agnew is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
  • Platte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edholm, with the one closest to Edholm listed first.
    • Carriage House Estates
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Columbus
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Sheldonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Sheldonville is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville
    • Duncan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Platte Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Oconee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Oconee is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
    • Creston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gardiner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Gardiner is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
    • Tarnov
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tarnov is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarnov
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
    • Monroe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Humphrey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edholm, with the one closest to Edholm listed first.
    • Shelby
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Osceola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saunders County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edholm, with the one closest to Edholm listed first.
    • Rescue ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Rescue is located in Saunders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
    • Prague
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Morse Bluff
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Malmo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Weston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Bluffs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Colon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Valparaiso
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wahoo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Wahoo is located in Saunders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahoo <1>
    • Woodcliff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Woodcliff is located in Saunders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcliff
    • Swedeburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Swedeburg is located in Saunders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeburg
    • Ceresco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Seward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edholm, with the one closest to Edholm listed first.
    • Bee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bee is located in Seward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bee <1>
    • Staplehurst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Edholm ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edholm.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edholm, with the one closest to Edholm 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Edholm had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Schuyler
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Octavia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Octavia is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octavia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
  • Nimburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Nimburg is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
  • Linwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Abie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bruno
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rogers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rogers is located in Colfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Rescue ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rescue is located in Saunders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
  • Richland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Richland is located in Colfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • David City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Prague
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Brainard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Morse Bluff
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • North Bend
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Edholm ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edholm.

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

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 Edholm:

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