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 Maskell (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 Maskell. 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 and doctors 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.
Maskell is located in Dixon 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 Dixon County: Cedar, Dakota, Thurston, Wayne, Clay (SD) & Union (SD).
Below are the counties that are near Maskell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maskell:
- Dixon County (The home county of Maskell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Newcastle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Dixon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Ponca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Allen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Waterbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wakefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Obert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Obert is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Wynot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bow Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bow Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Valley
- Saint Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hartington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Coleridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fordyce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Belden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Constance
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Constance is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
- Aten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aten is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aten
- Randolph
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Magnet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dakota County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Goodwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwin is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Willis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Willis is located in Dakota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knox County
- Crofton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Sholes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sholes is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sholes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
- Carroll
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Plymouth County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Westfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Akron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Akron is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <1>
- Millnerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Millnerville is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millnerville
- Adaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adaville is located in Plymouth County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaville
- Sioux County (IA)
- Chatsworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chatsworth is located in Sioux County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Clay County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Vermillion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Meckling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 40 people
- Bloomingdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomingdale is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Westreville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Westreville is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westreville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 208 people
- Hub City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hub City is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Lodi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lodi is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Estimated population in 2014: 82 people
- Alsen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alsen is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alsen
- Wakonda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Komstad ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Komstad is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komstad
- Estimated population in 2014: 12 people
- Riverside ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Glenwood ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Glenwood is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
- Turner County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Irene
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Union County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Junction City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Elk Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spink
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spink is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink
- Estimated population in 2014: 237 people
- Richland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Estimated population in 2014: 215 people
- Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nora is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Emmet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Emmet is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Estimated population in 2014: 231 people
- Big Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- McCook Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McCook Lake is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCook Lake
- North Sioux City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beresford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beresford is located in Union County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beresford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,043 people
- Former name for Beresford:
- Paris
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beresford <1>
- Dakota Dunes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alcester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yankton County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Gayville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Volin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valleyview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valleyview is located in Yankton County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Yankton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Heights is located in Yankton County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Oak Hills Addition
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills Addition is located in Yankton County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Addition
- Estimated population in 2014: 23 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maskell, see our County-by-County Page for Maskell.
Cemeteries Near Maskell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maskell.
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 Maskell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maskell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Maskell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Obert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ionia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Daily Branch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paragon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dowlin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meckling Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wynot Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (105 more) ...
- Silver Ridge Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 Maskell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maskell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maskell, with the one closest to Maskell listed first.
- Lime Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Grove is located in Dixon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Grove
- Newcastle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vermillion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint James
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Saint James is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
- Ionia ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ionia is located in Dixon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ionia
- Meckling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bow Valley is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Valley
- Martinsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Dixon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Greenfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 40 people
- Hartington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elk Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Clay Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clay Point is located in Clay County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Point
- Saint Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coleridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maskell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maskell.
Newspapers Published in Maskell ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maskell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maskell, 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 Maskell.
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 either 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 Maskell:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Dixon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cedar County
- Dakota County
- Knox County
- Wayne County
- Plymouth County
- Sioux County
- Clay County
- Turner County
- Union County
- Yankton 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maskell) 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 Maskell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |