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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 Rosenburg (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 Rosenburg. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Rosenburg is located in Platte 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 Platte County: Boone, Butler, Colfax, Madison, Merrick, Nance & Polk.

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

  • Platte County     (The home county of Rosenburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosenburg, with the one closest to Rosenburg listed first.
    • Lindsay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Bernard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornlea
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornlea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
      • Cornlea is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Tarnov
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Monroe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Monroe is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <1>
    • Humphrey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humphrey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
      • Humphrey is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humphrey <1>
    • Platte Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platte Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Center
      • Platte Center is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platte Center <1>
    • Oconee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Creston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sheldonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Duncan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duncan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Duncan is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <1>
    • Columbus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Carriage House Estates
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Antelope County
    • Elgin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Elgin is located in Antelope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <1>
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosenburg, with the one closest to Rosenburg listed first.
    • Saint Edward
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Vorhees
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vorhees. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorhees
      • Vorhees is located in Boone County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vorhees
      • From Rosenburg to Vorhees
    • Boone
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Albion
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Albion is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,558 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
    • Loretto
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Rapids
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rapids
      • Cedar Rapids is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Rapids <1>
    • Petersburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <1>
    • Primrose
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Primrose have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
      • Primrose is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Primrose <1>
    • Akron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Akron. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Akron is located in Boone County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Akron
      • From Rosenburg to Akron
  • Colfax County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosenburg, with the one closest to Rosenburg listed first.
    • Leigh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Richland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosenburg, with the one closest to Rosenburg listed first.
    • Newman Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Kalamazoo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kalamazoo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
      • Kalamazoo is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kalamazoo
      • From Rosenburg to Kalamazoo
    • Emerick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Fairview ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Madison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Madison is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,343 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <1>
    • Battle Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Grove
      • Meadow Grove is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meadow Grove <1>
    • Warnerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tilden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
      • Tilden is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilden <1>
  • Merrick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosenburg, with the one closest to Rosenburg listed first.
    • Silver Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Clarks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
      • Clarks is located in Merrick County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarks <1>
  • Nance County

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

Cemeteries Near Rosenburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosenburg.

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

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

  • Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • West Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holy Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Edward Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Bernard Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burrows Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burrows Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burrows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moriah Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moriah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moriah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (83 more) ...
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Evangelical Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelical Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evangelical Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Shell Creek Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shell Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shell Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Rosenburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rosenburg.

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

  • Lindsay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Edward
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Newman Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Saint Bernard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Boone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cornlea
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornlea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
    • Cornlea is located in Platte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Genoa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Monroe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Monroe is located in Platte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <1>
  • Tarnov
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Albion
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
    • Albion is located in Boone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
  • Humphrey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humphrey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
    • Humphrey is located in Platte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humphrey <1>
  • Kalamazoo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kalamazoo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
    • Kalamazoo is located in Madison County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kalamazoo
    • From Rosenburg to Kalamazoo
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Platte Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platte Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Center
      • Platte Center is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platte Center <1>
    • Oconee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Merchiston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merchiston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchiston
      • Merchiston is located in Nance County

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

Newspapers Published in Rosenburg ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosenburg.

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

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 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 Rosenburg:

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

The official website for Platte County: www.plattecounty.net/

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>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>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.
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rosenburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rosenburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6323, Longitude: -97.7544    
<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 Rosenburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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