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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 R-Villa Courts (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 R-Villa Courts. 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 R-Villa Courts ...

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 R-Villa Courts: R Villa Cts. (or less commonly used: R Villa Crts.)

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.

R-Villa Courts is located in Buffalo 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 Buffalo County: Adams, Custer, Dawson, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Phelps & Sherman.

Below are the counties that are near R-Villa Courts. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to R-Villa Courts:

  • Buffalo County     (The home county of R-Villa Courts)
    • The following are listed by their distance from R-Villa Courts, with the one closest to R-Villa Courts listed first.
    • Kearney
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Glenwood Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenwood Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Park
      • Glenwood Park is located in Buffalo County
    • Buda
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
      • Buda is located in Buffalo County
    • Riverdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Riverdale is located in Buffalo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverdale <1>
    • Odessa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Prairie Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
      • Prairie Center is located in Buffalo County
    • Amherst
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Elm Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Creek
      • Elm Creek is located in Buffalo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elm Creek <1>
    • Gibbon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
      • Gibbon is located in Buffalo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibbon <1>
    • Pleasanton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Sartoria
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartoria
      • Sartoria is located in Buffalo County
    • Denman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denman
      • Denman is located in Buffalo County
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from R-Villa Courts, with the one closest to R-Villa Courts listed first.
    • Kenesaw
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenesaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenesaw
      • Kenesaw is located in Adams County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenesaw <1>
    • Hayland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayland
      • Hayland is located in Adams County
    • Prosser
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosser have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser
      • Prosser is located in Adams County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Holstein
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dawson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from R-Villa Courts, with the one closest to R-Villa Courts listed first.
    • Overton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
      • Overton is located in Dawson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overton <1>
    • Sumner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from R-Villa Courts, with the one closest to R-Villa Courts listed first.
    • Hildreth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Upland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from R-Villa Courts, with the one closest to R-Villa Courts listed first.
    • Wood River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Cameron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Cameron is located in Hall County
  • Harlan County
    • Ragan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ragan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragan
      • Ragan is located in Harlan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ragan <1>
  • Kearney County
    • The following are listed by their distance from R-Villa Courts, with the one closest to R-Villa Courts listed first.
    • Kearney City ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kearney City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney City
      • Kearney City is located in Kearney County
      • Kearney City has also been known as:
      • Dobytown
    • Newark
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Newark is located in Kearney County
    • Valley City ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
      • Valley City is located in Kearney County
    • Axtell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Minden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Keene
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
      • Keene is located in Kearney County
    • Heartwell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwell
      • Heartwell is located in Kearney County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heartwell <1>
    • Norman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilcox
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilcox have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
      • Wilcox is located in Kearney County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilcox <1>
  • Phelps County
    • The following are listed by their distance from R-Villa Courts, with the one closest to R-Villa Courts listed first.
    • Funk
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Funk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
      • Funk is located in Phelps County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Funk <1>
    • Sacramento
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sacramento. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
      • Sacramento is located in Phelps County
    • Holdrege
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Westmark
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmark
      • Westmark is located in Phelps County
    • Loomis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Atlanta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Atlanta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
      • Atlanta is located in Phelps County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <1>
    • Bertrand
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sherman County
    • Hazard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near R-Villa Courts ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of R-Villa Courts.

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 R-Villa Courts covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from R-Villa Courts, with the one closest to R-Villa Courts listed first.

  • Kearney Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kearney Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kearney Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Kearney.
    • The Kearney Cemetery has also been known as:
    • City of Kearney Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1104446 <4>
  • Dove Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dove Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dove Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100549 <4>
  • Riverdale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ft. Kearney Post Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Poor Farm Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poor Farm Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Poor Farm Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316436 <4>
  • Prairie Center Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Stanley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • White Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Fairmont Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Divide Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (87 more) ...
    • Peake Lutheran Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Magill Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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.<6>

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

These communities are listed based on their distance from R-Villa Courts, with the one closest to R-Villa Courts listed first.

  • Kearney
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Glenwood Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenwood Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Park
    • Glenwood Park is located in Buffalo County
  • Riverdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
    • Riverdale is located in Buffalo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverdale <1>
  • Buda
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
    • Buda is located in Buffalo County
  • Odessa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Newark
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Newark is located in Kearney County
  • Prairie Center
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
    • Prairie Center is located in Buffalo County
  • Amherst
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Elm Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Creek
    • Elm Creek is located in Buffalo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elm Creek <1>
  • Lowell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Lowell is located in Kearney County
  • Gibbon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
    • Gibbon is located in Buffalo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibbon <1>
  • Axtell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Minden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Funk
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Funk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
      • Funk is located in Phelps County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Funk <1>
    • Pleasanton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in R-Villa Courts ...

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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around R-Villa Courts.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of R-Villa Courts, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for R-Villa Courts.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 R-Villa Courts:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for R-Villa Courts. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Buffalo County: www.buffalogov.org/

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>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.
<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>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- R-Villa Courts) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in R-Villa Courts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7000, Longitude: -99.1156       In this case, the coordinates for R-Villa Courts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 R-Villa Courts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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