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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 Kemp (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 Kemp. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Kemp is located in Morrill 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 Morrill County: Box Butte, Cheyenne, Garden, Scotts Bluff & Sheridan.

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

  • Morrill County     (The home county of Kemp)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kemp, with the one closest to Kemp listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Atkins ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
      • Atkins is located in Morrill County
    • Angora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Alden ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
      • Alden is located in Morrill County
    • Bayard
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Redington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redington
      • Redington is located in Morrill County
    • Craft
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Craft. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft
      • Craft is located in Morrill County
    • Broadwater
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonner ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonner
      • Bonner is located in Morrill County
  • Box Butte County
    • Alliance
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cheyenne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kemp, with the one closest to Kemp listed first.
    • Dalton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Gurley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Garden County
  • Scotts Bluff County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kemp, with the one closest to Kemp listed first.
    • McGrew
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGrew have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrew
      • McGrew is located in Scotts Bluff County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGrew <1>
    • Melbeta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melbeta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbeta
      • Melbeta is located in Scotts Bluff County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melbeta <1>
    • Minatare
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hillerage
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillerage
      • Hillerage is located in Scotts Bluff County
    • Gering
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gering have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gering
      • Gering is located in Scotts Bluff County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,061 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gering <1>
    • Terrytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
      • Terrytown is located in Scotts Bluff County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,163 people
    • Scottsbluff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Kemp ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kemp.

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

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

  • Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Angora Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bayard Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayard Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayard Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Bayard.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1116545 <4>
  • Redington Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Chimney Rock Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • High Butte Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Chalk Creek Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chalk Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chalk Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chaulk Creek Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chaulk Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chaulk Creek Cemetery is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<5> to the northeast of Bridgeport.
    • The Chaulk Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hackberry Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2298029 <4>
  • Sanders Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Hagaman Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Dalton Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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.<6>

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

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

  • Minatare
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Alliance
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gering
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gering have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gering
    • Gering is located in Scotts Bluff County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,061 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gering <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Kemp ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kemp.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kemp, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kemp.

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 helpful 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 Kemp:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kemp. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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>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.
<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>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kemp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kemp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7130, Longitude: -103.1083       In this case, the coordinates for Kemp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Kemp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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