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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 Glenover (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 Glenover. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Glenover is located in Gage 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 Gage County: Marshall (KS), Washington (KS), Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Pawnee & Saline.

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

  • Gage County     (The home county of Glenover)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenover, with the one closest to Glenover listed first.
    • Beatrice
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Pickrell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Holmesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ellis is located in Gage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
    • Rockford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Rockford is located in Gage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
    • Blue Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Filley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Wymore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Virginia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Clatonia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Cortland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Odell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenover, with the one closest to Glenover listed first.
    • Harbine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Harbine is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
    • Plymouth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Diller
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jansen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Steele City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Endicott
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairbury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Daykin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Powell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Powell is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Thompson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Thompson is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenover, with the one closest to Glenover listed first.
    • Crab Orchard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Vesta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Vesta is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
    • Sterling
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Mary
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Mary is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
    • Tecumseh
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenover, with the one closest to Glenover listed first.
    • Hallam
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Firth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Firth is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firth <1>
    • Princeton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Princeton is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
    • Kramer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Kramer is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
    • Holland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Holland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Sprague
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Hickman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Martell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Panama
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hanlon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Hanlon is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlon
    • Roca
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Roca is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roca <1>
    • Berks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Berks is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berks
  • Otoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenover, with the one closest to Glenover listed first.
    • Burr
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Douglas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pawnee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenover, with the one closest to Glenover listed first.
    • Lewiston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Burchard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Steinauer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Saline County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenover, with the one closest to Glenover listed first.
    • De Witt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilber
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Swanton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Western
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Crete
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenover, with the one closest to Glenover listed first.
    • Oketo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Oketo is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oketo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Marietta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Marietta is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Bremen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bremen is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
    • Summerfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marysville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Washington County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenover, with the one closest to Glenover listed first.
    • Lanham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Lanham is located in Washington County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
    • Hollenberg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hollenberg is located in Washington County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenberg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
    • Hanover
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hanover is located in Washington County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Glenover ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenover.

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

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

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

  • Beatrice Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Evergreen Home Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Home Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Home Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Beatrice.
    • The Evergreen Home Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Evergreen Cemetery
    • Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100607 <2>
  • First Mennonite Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Austin Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Freeman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
    • The Freeman Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Freeman Graves Cemetery
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the east of Beatrice.
    • The Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Emmanuel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305373 <2>
  • Elysian View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ellis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • First Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ellis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brethren Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brethren Cemetery
    • The Brethren Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holmesville Brethren Cemetery
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • Stark Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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>

While we didn't find Glenover in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glenover.

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

  • Beatrice
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Hoag
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hoag is located in Gage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag
  • Pickrell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ellis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ellis is located in Gage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
  • Holmesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Rockford is located in Gage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
  • Blue Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Filley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • De Witt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Harbine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Harbine is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
  • Wymore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Plymouth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Virginia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Diller
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cortland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Glenover ...

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 258 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenover.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Glenover:

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