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 Inman (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 Inman. 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.
Inman 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 Inman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Inman:
- Holt County (The home county of Inman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Inman, with the one closest to Inman listed first.
- Page
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stafford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- O'Neill
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Emporia ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Emporia is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
- Ewing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emmet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chambers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Star
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Star is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Knievels Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Knievels Corner is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knievels Corner
- Deloit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deloit is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Amelia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inez ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Inez is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Antelope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inman, with the one closest to Inman listed first.
- Orchard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Royal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clearwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brunswick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Neligh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inman, with the one closest to Inman listed first.
- Venus ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Venus is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Walnut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Knoxville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Pishelville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pishelville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
- Dukeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dukeville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
- Verdigre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winnetoon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wheeler County
- Cumminsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Inman, see our County-by-County Page for Inman.
Cemeteries Near Inman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Inman.
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 Inman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Inman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Inman, with the one closest to Inman listed first.
- Inman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Page Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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<2> to the east of Page.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961103 <3>
- O'Neill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the O'Neill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in O'Neill.
- The O'Neill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #654077 <3>
- Lambert Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lambert Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Page.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100880 <3>
- Florence Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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]<2> to the southeast of Page.
- The Florence Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lee Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342598 <3>
- Vandersnick Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trussel Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ewing Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Orchard Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hope - Enterprise Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope - Enterprise Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hope - Enterprise Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast of Page.
- The Hope - Enterprise Cemetery has also been known as:
- Enterprise Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100592 <3>
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walnut Grove Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Page.
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grimton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100721 <3>
- Miniola Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
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, Inman had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Inman had a population of 119 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Inman, with the one closest to Inman listed first.
- Stafford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Page
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- O'Neill
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Ewing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Venus ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Venus is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Orchard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Emmet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chambers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Star
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Star is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Deloit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deloit is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
- Amelia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clearwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Dorsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dorsey is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Knoxville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Inez ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Inez is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Inman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Inman.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Inman ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Inman.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Inman. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Inman and those printed in the larger area surrounding Inman.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Inman.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Inman:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Holt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Antelope County
- Knox County
- Wheeler 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> | 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- Inman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Inman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |