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 Green Meadows (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 Green Meadows. 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.
Name Variations for Green Meadows ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Green Meadows: Green Mdws.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Green Meadows. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green Meadows.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Green Meadows is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County: Pottawattamie (IA), Dodge, Sarpy, Saunders & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Green Meadows. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Meadows:
- Douglas County (The home county of Green Meadows)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Boys Town
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Irvington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irvington is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Omaha
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Omaha is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
- Omaha has also been known as:
- Omaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <1>
- Millard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bennington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elkhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Briggs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Ralston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waterloo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elk City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elk City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- King Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- King Lake is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Lake
- Home Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Home Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
- Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Cedar Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cullom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cullom is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullom
- Louisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- South Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Plattsmouth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mynard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mynard is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mynard
- Manley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Murdock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wabash
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wabash is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Murray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weeping Water
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Bluff is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Fremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Inglewood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Inglewood is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Fontanelle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fontanelle is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
- Telbasta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Telbasta is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telbasta
- Nickerson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ames
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sarpy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Chalco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Portal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- La Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Papillion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gretna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Springfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Avery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Gilmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Bellevue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- La Platte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Platte is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Platte
- Linoma Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linoma Beach is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linoma Beach
- Saunders County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Wann
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wann is located in Saunders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wann
- Yutan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Leshara
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mead
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Woodcliff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Woodcliff is located in Saunders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcliff
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ithaca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Colon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wahoo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluffs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Swedeburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Swedeburg is located in Saunders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeburg
- Ceresco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Calhoun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kennard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- De Soto is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto has also been known as:
- DeSoto
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blair
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Herman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Admah ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Admah is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah
- Harrison County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- California Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Missouri Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Modale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mondamin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,403 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <1>
- Mills County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Folsom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Folsom is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Hentons ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hentons is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentons
- Pacific City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pacific City is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Mineola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pacific Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mills is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Silver City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Pottawattamie County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Carter Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Council Bluffs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Crescent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chautauqua
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chautauqua is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Honey Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Loveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Weston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Dumfries
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
- Pigeon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- McClelland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Underwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Treynor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Treynor is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treynor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 967 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Treynor <1>
- Neola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neola is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 890 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neola <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Meadows, see our County-by-County Page for Green Meadows.
Cemeteries Near Green Meadows ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Meadows.
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 Green Meadows - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Meadows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Flower Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Flower Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Omaha.
- The Flower Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- German Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100642 <2>
- Ressurection Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Omaha.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100449 <2>
- Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Omaha.
- The Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Evergreen Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #245299 <2>
- Servants of Mary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Voss Mohr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beth El Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springwell Danish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Union Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Memorial Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Omaha.
- The Union Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Noyce Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
- Union Memorial / Noyce / Thomas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161552 <2>
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Green Meadows in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Meadows.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Meadows, with the one closest to Green Meadows listed first.
- Irvington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irvington is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Millard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Omaha
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Omaha is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
- Omaha has also been known as:
- Omaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <1>
- Elkhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bennington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chalco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Portal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Briggs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Waterloo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Papillion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Omaha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Omaha is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Omaha
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Elk City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elk City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Gretna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Meadows. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Meadows.
Newspapers Published in Green Meadows ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Meadows.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Meadows, 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 Green Meadows.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Green Meadows:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Douglas County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Dodge County
- Sarpy County
- Saunders County
- Washington County
- Harrison County
- Mills County
- Pottawattamie County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nebraska
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- Green Meadows) 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 Green Meadows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |