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Welcome to Saint Deroin ...

So far, we found very little information about Saint Deroin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Saint Deroin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Saint Deroin, please Contact Us.

Saint Deroin would have been located within present day Nemaha County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Deroin, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1864.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Saint Deroin: Named after Joseph Derion (1819-1858); who owned the trading post in this area.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Deroin: St. Deroin

While the community is gone, the present day location for Saint Deroin is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Saint Deroin was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Saint Deroin was located: 402 & 531<4>

Communities near Saint Deroin ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Saint Deroin.

  • Falls City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
    • Falls City is located in Richardson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls City <6>
  • Auburn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Auburn is located in Nemaha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,342 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <6>
  • Tarkio
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Port
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mound City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Peru
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairfax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfax have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
    • Fairfax is located in Atchison County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfax <6>
  • Craig
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Verdon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rulo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rulo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
    • Rulo is located in Richardson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Saint Deroin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Deroin.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Saint Deroin. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Deroin.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Deroin. See our Newspapers Page for Saint Deroin.

Adding Saint Deroin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Deroin in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Saint Deroin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Saint Deroin post office opened in 1864.

We also found Saint Deroin in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Deroin.

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Saint Deroin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Nemaha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Deroin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Saint Deroin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Saint Deroin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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