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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 Morse Bluff (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 Morse Bluff. 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.

Name Variations for Morse Bluff ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Morse Bluff: Morse Blf. (or less commonly used: Morse Bluf.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Morse Bluff is located in Saunders 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 Saunders County: Butler, Cass, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy & Seward.

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

  • Saunders County     (The home county of Morse Bluff)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Bluff, with the one closest to Morse Bluff listed first.
    • Cedar Bluffs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Prague
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rescue ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rescue have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
      • Rescue is located in Saunders County
    • Malmo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Colon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodcliff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcliff
      • Woodcliff is located in Saunders County
    • Weston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Wahoo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
      • Wahoo is located in Saunders County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wahoo <1>
    • Leshara
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Mead
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead
      • Mead is located in Saunders County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mead <1>
    • Swedeburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeburg
      • Swedeburg is located in Saunders County
    • Ithaca
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Bluff, with the one closest to Morse Bluff listed first.
    • Linwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Nimburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nimburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
      • Nimburg is located in Butler County
    • Abie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bruno
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Octavia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octavia
      • Octavia is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Brainard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • David City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Loma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
      • Loma is located in Butler County
    • Bellwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
      • Bellwood is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellwood <1>
    • Dwight
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Garrison
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
      • Garrison is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Millerton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
      • Millerton is located in Butler County
  • Colfax County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Bluff, with the one closest to Morse Bluff listed first.
    • Rogers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Rogers is located in Colfax County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Schuyler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Howells
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells
      • Howells is located in Colfax County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howells <1>
    • Richland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Richland is located in Colfax County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Clarkson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
      • Clarkson is located in Colfax County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkson <1>
    • Leigh
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cuming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Bluff, with the one closest to Morse Bluff listed first.
    • Monterey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
      • Monterey is located in Cuming County
    • Aloys
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloys
      • Aloys is located in Cuming County
    • West Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
      • West Point is located in Cuming County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
      • West Point has also been known as:
      • Westpoint
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <1>
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Bluff, with the one closest to Morse Bluff listed first.
    • North Bend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ames
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ames have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
      • Ames is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ames <1>
    • Inglewood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
      • Inglewood is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
    • Fremont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hooper
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooper have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
      • Hooper is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hooper <1>
    • Nickerson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Scribner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Snyder
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snyder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
      • Snyder is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snyder <1>
    • Winslow
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winslow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
      • Winslow is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winslow <1>
    • Fontanelle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
      • Fontanelle is located in Dodge County
    • Crowell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowell
      • Crowell is located in Dodge County
    • Dodge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
      • Dodge is located in Dodge County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dodge <1>
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Bluff, with the one closest to Morse Bluff listed first.
    • Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
      • Valley is located in Douglas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley <1>
    • King Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Lake
      • King Lake is located in Douglas County
    • Venice
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
      • Venice is located in Douglas County
    • Elk City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
      • Elk City is located in Douglas County
    • Waterloo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterloo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Waterloo is located in Douglas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <1>
    • Elkhorn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
      • Elkhorn is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkhorn <1>
  • Lancaster County
    • Agnew
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
      • Agnew is located in Lancaster County
  • Platte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Bluff, with the one closest to Morse Bluff listed first.
    • Carriage House Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Columbus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morse Bluff, with the one closest to Morse Bluff listed first.
    • Arlington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Kennard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Washington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
      • Washington is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Morse Bluff ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morse Bluff.

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

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 Morse Bluff:

Cemeteries Near Morse Bluff ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morse Bluff.

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

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Morse Bluff had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Morse Bluff had a population of 144 people.

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

  • North Bend
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Ames
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ames have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
    • Ames is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ames <1>
  • Rescue ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rescue have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
    • Rescue is located in Saunders County
  • Prague
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Bluffs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rogers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Rogers is located in Colfax County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Linwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Nimburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nimburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
    • Nimburg is located in Butler County
  • Abie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Malmo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Webster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Webster is located in Dodge County
  • Colon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Edholm
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edholm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edholm
      • Edholm is located in Butler County
    • Bruno
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fremont
      (14 miles [22.5 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 Morse Bluff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morse Bluff.

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

The official website for Saunders County: www.co.saunders.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: 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>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Morse Bluff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morse Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4309, Longitude: -96.7665       In this case, the coordinates for Morse Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Morse Bluff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.









 

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