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 Santee (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 Santee. 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 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 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.
Santee is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Antelope, Boyd, Cedar, Holt, Pierce, Bon Homme (SD), Charles Mix (SD) & Yankton (SD).
Below are the counties that are near Santee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Santee:
- Knox County (The home county of Santee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Santee, with the one closest to Santee listed first.
- Tewsville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tewsville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewsville
- Lindy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lindy is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindy
- Niobrara
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dukeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dukeville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
- Verdel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Verdel is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
- Crofton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Verdigre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pishelville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pishelville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
- Bazile Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Winnetoon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Creighton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boyd County
- Monowi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Monowi is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Cedar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Santee, with the one closest to Santee listed first.
- Aten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Aten is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aten
- Constance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Constance is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
- Fordyce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Helena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Santee, with the one closest to Santee listed first.
- Star
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Star is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Redbird
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Redbird is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Bon Homme County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Santee, with the one closest to Santee listed first.
- Springfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsburg is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 697 people
- Perkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Perkins is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Tyndall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tabor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tabor is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tabor <1>
- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
- Scotland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Charles Mix County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Santee, with the one closest to Santee listed first.
- Dante
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dante is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dante <1>
- Greenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
- Wagner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wagner is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wagner <1>
- Hutchinson County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Santee, with the one closest to Santee listed first.
- Kaylor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tripp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tripp is located in Hutchinson County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tripp <1>
- Olivet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Menno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Menno is located in Hutchinson County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menno <1>
- Yankton County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Santee, with the one closest to Santee listed first.
- Fairview Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Heights is located in Yankton County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 77 people
- Oak Hills Addition
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Hills Addition is located in Yankton County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Addition
- Estimated population in 2014: 23 people
- Lesterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Utica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yankton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jamesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jamesville is located in Yankton County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 232 people
- Mission Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Valleyview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Valleyview is located in Yankton County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Yankton County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Santee, see our County-by-County Page for Santee.
Cemeteries Near Santee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Santee.
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 Santee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Santee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Santee, with the one closest to Santee listed first.
- Santee Mission Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Santee Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bon Homme Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Faith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hutterische Church Colony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Webb Cemetery Devils Nest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- L'eau Qui Court Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ptak National Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wagner Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (99 more) ...
- Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tyndall Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyndall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tyndall Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Tyndall (SD).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97768 <2>
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 Santee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Santee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Santee, with the one closest to Santee listed first.
- Springfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tyndall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Niobrara
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tabor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tabor is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tabor <1>
- Lakeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lakeport is located in Yankton County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeport
- Avon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Bon Homme County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 584 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
- Dukeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dukeville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
- Verdigre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lesterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pishelville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pishelville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
- Aten
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Aten is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aten
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Utica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bazile Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Constance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Constance is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Santee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Santee.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Santee ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Santee.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Santee. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Santee and those printed in the larger area surrounding Santee.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Santee.
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 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 Santee:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boyd County
- Cedar County
- Holt County
- Bon Homme County
- Charles Mix County
- Hutchinson County
- Yankton 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Santee) 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 Santee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |