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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 Krider (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 Krider. 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 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.

Krider 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 Krider. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Krider:

  • Gage County     (The home county of Krider)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Krider, with the one closest to Krider listed first.
    • Odell
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wymore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blue Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lanham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lanham is located in Gage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
    • Barneston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Holmesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ellis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ellis is located in Gage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
    • Liberty
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Beatrice
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Rockford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockford is located in Gage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
    • Virginia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Filley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pickrell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Krider, with the one closest to Krider listed first.
    • Diller
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Harbine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Harbine is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
    • Steele City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Endicott
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jansen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairbury
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Thompson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Thompson is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Powell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Powell is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Krider, with the one closest to Krider listed first.
    • Crab Orchard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Vesta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Vesta is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
  • Pawnee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Krider, with the one closest to Krider listed first.
    • Burchard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Lewiston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Steinauer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Saline County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Krider, with the one closest to Krider listed first.
    • De Witt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Swanton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilber
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Marshall County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Krider, with the one closest to Krider listed first.
    • Oketo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Oketo is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oketo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Bremen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Bremen is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
    • Marietta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Marietta is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Marysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Carden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Carden is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carden
    • Home
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Summerfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Alcove Spring ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Alcove Spring is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcove Spring
    • Beattie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Beattie is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
    • Winifred
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Winifred is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifred
    • Waterville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Blue Rapids
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Axtell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Axtell is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
  • Washington County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Krider, with the one closest to Krider listed first.
    • Lanham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lanham is located in Washington County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
    • Hanover
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Hollenberg
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Washington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Barnes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Barnes is located in Washington County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnes <1>
    • Greenleaf
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Morrowville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Morrowville is located in Washington County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
    • Blocker ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Blocker is located in Washington County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocker

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

Cemeteries Near Krider ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Krider.

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

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

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

  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Czech National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czech National Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Czech National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Odell.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100524 <2>
  • Odell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Odell Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Odell.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101067 <2>
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wymore Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Reserve Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve Cemetery
    • The Reserve Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Upson Cemetery
  • Continue List   (141 more) ...
    • Blue Springs Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Evangelical Lutheran St. Johns Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Lutheran St. Johns Cemetery
      • The Evangelical Lutheran St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Lanham Cemetery
      • St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery
      • St. Johns Cemetery
      • St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93622 <2>
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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>

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

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

  • Odell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wymore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Blue Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lanham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lanham is located in Washington County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
  • Lanham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lanham is located in Gage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
  • Oketo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oketo is located in Marshall County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oketo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
  • Holmesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Diller
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bremen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bremen is located in Marshall County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
  • Marietta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marietta is located in Marshall County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Herkimer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Herkimer is located in Marshall County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herkimer
  • Ellis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ellis is located in Gage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Beatrice
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Spence
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Spence is located in Washington County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spence
    • Liberty
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Krider ...

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 222 newspapers that have been published in the area around Krider.

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

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 Krider:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Krider) 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 Krider, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.