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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 Ewing (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 Ewing. 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 and doctors 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.

Ewing is located in Holt 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 Holt County: Antelope, Boyd, Knox, Loup, Rock & Wheeler.

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

  • Holt County     (The home county of Ewing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewing, with the one closest to Ewing listed first.
    • Emporia ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Emporia is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
    • Stafford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Stafford is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
    • Deloit
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Deloit is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
    • Knievels Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Knievels Corner is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knievels Corner
    • Page
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Inman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • O'Neill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • O'Neill is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
      • 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 <1>
    • Chambers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Star
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Star is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Emmet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Amelia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Antelope County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewing, with the one closest to Ewing listed first.
    • Orchard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearwater
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Royal
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Neligh
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Brunswick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Elgin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewing, with the one closest to Ewing listed first.
    • Venus ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Venus is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
    • Walnut
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Walnut is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
    • Creighton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Winnetoon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knoxville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Knoxville is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
    • Bazile Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • Verdigre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Madison County
    • Tilden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pierce County
    • Plainview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Wheeler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewing, with the one closest to Ewing listed first.
    • Cumminsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
    • Bartlett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Ewing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ewing.

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

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

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

  • St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Ewing Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Vandersnick Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Florence Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Florence Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southeast of Page.
    • The Florence Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lee Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342598 <2>
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Clearwater Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Theresa Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Orchard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • LDS Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LDS Cemetery
    • The LDS Cemetery has also been known as:
    • LDS Cemetery
  • Page Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Page Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Page.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961103 <2>
  • Wolf Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (42 more) ...
    • St. Anthonys Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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 Ewing had a population of 348 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Ewing had a population of 368 people.

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

  • Orchard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stafford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Stafford is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
  • Deloit
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Deloit is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
  • Clearwater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Page
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Inman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Venus ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Venus is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
  • Neligh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Brunswick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • O'Neill
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • O'Neill is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
    • 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 <1>
  • Chambers
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Cumminsville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Wheeler ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wheeler is located in Wheeler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
    • Elgin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakdale
      (23 miles [37 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 Ewing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ewing.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ewing ...

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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ewing.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ewing. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ewing and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ewing.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Ewing.

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 Ewing:

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- Ewing) 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 Ewing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.