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 Nashville (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 Nashville. 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.
Nashville is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Harrison (IA), Pottawattamie (IA), Burt, Dodge & Douglas.
Below are the counties that are near Nashville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nashville:
- Washington County (The home county of Nashville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Fort Calhoun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto has also been known as:
- DeSoto
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kennard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Herman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Admah ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Admah is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah
- Burt County
- Tekamah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Cullom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cullom is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullom
- Cedar Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Plattsmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Louisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mynard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mynard is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mynard
- South Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Telbasta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Telbasta is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telbasta
- Fontanelle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fontanelle is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
- Fremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Inglewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Inglewood is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Nickerson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Winslow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Briggs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Home Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Home Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
- Irvington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Irvington is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Bennington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Omaha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Omaha is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
- Omaha has also been known as:
- Omaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <1>
- Boys Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ralston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elk City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Elk City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Elkhorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- King Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- King Lake is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Lake
- Millard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sarpy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- La Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Portal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Avery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Papillion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chalco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Richfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gretna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- La Platte
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- La Platte is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Platte
- Springfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Linoma Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Linoma Beach is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linoma Beach
- Saunders County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Yutan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leshara
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wann
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wann is located in Saunders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wann
- Woodcliff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Woodcliff is located in Saunders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcliff
- Mead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- California Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Missouri Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Modale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,403 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <1>
- Magnolia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Mondamin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Yorkshire is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Orson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Orson is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orson
- Persia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Persia is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Little Sioux
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Woodbine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mills County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Hentons ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hentons is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hentons
- Folsom
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Folsom is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Mineola
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pacific City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pacific City is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Silver City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silver City is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Pacific Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mills is located in Mills County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Pottawattamie County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Honey Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Crescent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Loveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Carter Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Council Bluffs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
- Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Weston is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Underwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McClelland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Neola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Neola is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 890 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neola <1>
- Dumfries
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
- Shelby County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Shelby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Portsmouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nashville, see our County-by-County Page for Nashville.
Cemeteries Near Nashville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nashville.
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 Nashville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nashville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Shipley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ft. Calhoun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Memorial Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Omaha.
- The Union Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Noyce Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
- Union Memorial / Noyce / Thomas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161552 <2>
- Potters Field
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Springwell Danish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Jewish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Servants of Mary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Golden Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crescent Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Nashville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nashville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Briggs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Fort Calhoun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Irvington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Irvington is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Honey Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Crescent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto has also been known as:
- DeSoto
- Bennington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Loveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Omaha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Omaha is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
- Omaha has also been known as:
- Omaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <1>
- California Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- California Junction is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Junction
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pigeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pigeon is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Missouri Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kennard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nashville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nashville.
Newspapers Published in Nashville ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nashville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nashville, 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 Nashville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Nashville:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burt County
- Cass County
- Dodge County
- Douglas County
- Sarpy County
- Saunders County
- Harrison County
- Mills County
- Pottawattamie County
- Shelby 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nashville) 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 Nashville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |