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 Meek (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 Meek. 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.
Meek 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 Meek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meek:
- Holt County (The home county of Meek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meek, with the one closest to Meek listed first.
- Paddock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Paddock is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Redbird
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Star
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Star is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- O'Neill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Emmet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Inman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Page
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cleveland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Dustin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dustin is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Emporia ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Emporia is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
- Stuart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Boyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meek, with the one closest to Meek listed first.
- Bristow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spencer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lynch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gross is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
- Monowi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monowi is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Butte
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Anoka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anoka is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Naper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meek, with the one closest to Meek listed first.
- Knoxville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Pishelville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pishelville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
- Verdel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Verdel is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
- Walnut
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Venus ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Venus is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Dukeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dukeville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
- Niobrara
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Verdigre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Charles Mix County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meek, with the one closest to Meek listed first.
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
- Marty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marty is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
- Population from the 2010 Census: 402 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marty <1>
- Pickstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gregory County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meek, with the one closest to Meek listed first.
- Fort Randall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Randall is located in Gregory County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Randall
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,135 people
- Fairfax
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonesteel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meek, see our County-by-County Page for Meek.
Cemeteries Near Meek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meek.
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 Meek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meek, with the one closest to Meek listed first.
- Scottville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Phoenix Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bristow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Miniola Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mission Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Star Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dorsey Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Highland Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (48 more) ...
- Rosedale Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Old Immanuel Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alford Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Meek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meek, with the one closest to Meek listed first.
- Paddock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Paddock is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Bristow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spencer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lynch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Catalpa ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Catalpa is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalpa
- Dorsey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dorsey is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Star
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Star is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- O'Neill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Knoxville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Emmet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Butte
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Atkinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pishelville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pishelville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
- Inman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meek.
Newspapers Published in Meek ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meek, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meek.
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 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 Meek:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Holt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boyd County
- Knox County
- Charles Mix County
- Gregory 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> | 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 Meek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Meek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |