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Introduction ...

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

We've added Emporia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Emporia, 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 Emporia (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 Emporia. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Emporia is historic, it would have been located within present day Holt 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 Holt County: Antelope, Boyd, Knox, Loup, Rock & Wheeler.

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

  • Holt County     (The home county of Emporia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emporia, with the one closest to Emporia listed first.
    • Page
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ewing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
      • Ewing is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ewing <2>
    • Inman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
      • Inman is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <2>
    • O'Neill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
      • O'Neill is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
      • O'Neill has also been known as:
      • O'Neill City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <2>
    • Star
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Holt County
    • Deloit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
      • Deloit is located in Holt County
    • Knievels Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knievels Corner
      • Knievels Corner is located in Holt County
    • Chambers
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chambers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
      • Chambers is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chambers <2>
    • Emmet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
      • Emmet is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmet <2>
    • Redbird
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
      • Redbird is located in Holt County
    • Amelia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Antelope County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emporia, with the one closest to Emporia listed first.
    • Orchard
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Royal
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
      • Royal is located in Antelope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <2>
    • Clearwater
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
      • Clearwater is located in Antelope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <2>
    • Brunswick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
      • Brunswick is located in Antelope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <2>
    • Neligh
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Elgin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Elgin is located in Antelope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <2>
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Emporia, with the one closest to Emporia listed first.
    • Venus ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
      • Venus is located in Knox County
    • Walnut
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
      • Walnut is located in Knox County
    • Verdigre
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Winnetoon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Creighton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creighton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
      • Creighton is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,077 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creighton <2>
    • Bazile Mills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
      • Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • Pishelville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pishelville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
      • Pishelville is located in Knox County
    • Dukeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
      • Dukeville is located in Knox County
    • Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
      • Center is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center <2>
  • Pierce County
    • Plainview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Plainview is located in Pierce County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainview <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Emporia ...

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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emporia.

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

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 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 Emporia:

Cemeteries Near Emporia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emporia.

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

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

  • Florence Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Florence Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Florence Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> to the northwest of Page.
    • The Florence Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lee Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florence Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342598 <6>
  • Page Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Page Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the west of Page.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Page Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961103 <6>
  • Lambert Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
  • Orchard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orchard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orchard Cemetery
  • Ewing Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ewing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ewing Cemetery
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hope - Enterprise Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hope - Enterprise Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the southwest of Page.
    • The Hope - Enterprise Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Enterprise Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope - Enterprise Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100592 <6>
  • Inman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Inman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Inman Cemetery
  • Vandersnick Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vandersnick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vandersnick Cemetery
  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Walnut Grove Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the southwest of Page.
    • The Walnut Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Grimton Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Grove Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100721 <6>
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • Royal Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Royal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Royal Cemetery
    • Clearwater Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clearwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clearwater Cemetery
    • St. Theresa Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Theresa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Theresa Cemetery

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 Emporia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Emporia.

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

  • Page
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Stafford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stafford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
    • Stafford is located in Holt County
  • Orchard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ewing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
    • Ewing is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ewing <2>
  • Venus ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
    • Venus is located in Knox County
  • Inman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
    • Inman is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <2>
  • Clearwater
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
    • Clearwater is located in Antelope County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <2>
  • O'Neill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
    • O'Neill is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
    • O'Neill has also been known as:
    • O'Neill City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <2>
  • Deloit
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
    • Deloit is located in Holt County
  • Star
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Star is located in Holt County
  • Brunswick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
    • Brunswick is located in Antelope County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <2>
  • Knoxville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoxville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
    • Knoxville is located in Knox County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Dorsey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorsey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
      • Dorsey is located in Holt County
    • Neligh
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Winnetoon
      (22 miles [35.4 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 Emporia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emporia.

The official website for Holt County: www.co.holt.ne.us/

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

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 Emporia, 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 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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Emporia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Emporia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3645, Longitude: -98.3484    
<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>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.




 

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