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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 Sedan (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 Sedan. 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 Sedan ...

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.

Sedan was originally named Coy

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 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.

Sedan is located in Nuckolls 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 Nuckolls County: Jewell (KS), Republic (KS), Clay, Fillmore, Thayer & Webster.

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

  • Nuckolls County     (The home county of Sedan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedan, with the one closest to Sedan listed first.
    • Angus
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Angus is located in Nuckolls County
    • Oak
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
      • Oak is located in Nuckolls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak <1>
    • Nora
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
      • Nora is located in Nuckolls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Ruskin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruskin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Ruskin is located in Nuckolls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruskin <1>
    • Nelson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawrence
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
      • Lawrence is located in Nuckolls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrence <1>
    • Hardy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Superior
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedan, with the one closest to Sedan listed first.
    • Blaine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
      • Blaine is located in Adams County
    • Good Samaritan Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Samaritan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Samaritan Village
      • Good Samaritan Village is located in Adams County
    • Ayr
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ayr have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayr
      • Ayr is located in Adams County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ayr <1>
    • Hastings
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedan, with the one closest to Sedan listed first.
    • Ong
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Deweese
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Verona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Verona is located in Clay County
    • Clay Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saronville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saronville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saronville
      • Saronville is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saronville <1>
    • Sutton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Glenvil
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harvard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Inland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Trumbull
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trumbull have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
      • Trumbull is located in Clay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trumbull <1>
  • Fillmore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedan, with the one closest to Sedan listed first.
    • Shickley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Strang
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strang have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strang
      • Strang is located in Fillmore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strang <1>
    • Geneva
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Grafton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bixby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
      • Bixby is located in Fillmore County
    • Ohiowa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Fairmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Milligan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamilton County
    • Stockham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockham
      • Stockham is located in Hamilton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
  • Saline County
    • Tobias
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Thayer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedan, with the one closest to Sedan listed first.
    • Davenport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Carleton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carleton
      • Carleton is located in Thayer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carleton <1>
    • Deshler
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deshler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deshler
      • Deshler is located in Thayer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deshler <1>
    • Bruning
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Belvidere
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hebron
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Byron
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Alexandria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Chester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilead
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
      • Gilead is located in Thayer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilead <1>
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedan, with the one closest to Sedan listed first.
    • Rosemont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
      • Rosemont is located in Webster County
    • Guide Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guide Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guide Rock
      • Guide Rock is located in Webster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guide Rock <1>
    • Blue Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
      • Blue Hill is located in Webster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 850 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Hill <1>
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sedan, with the one closest to Sedan listed first.
    • Lushton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
      • Lushton is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • Henderson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Jewell County (KS)
    • Webber
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webber have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webber
      • Webber is located in Jewell County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Webber <1>
  • Republic County (KS)
    • Republic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
      • Republic is located in Republic County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people

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

Newspapers Published in Sedan ...

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 Sedan.

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

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 websites either 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 Sedan:

Cemeteries Near Sedan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sedan.

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

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

  • Edgar Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Ong Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairieview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Oak Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Cemetery
  • Stockholm Swedish Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
  • Chapel Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Oxbow Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oxbow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oxbow Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Marshall Union Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Summit Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (127 more) ...

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

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

  • Davenport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ong
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Edgar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Angus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Angus is located in Nuckolls County
  • Carlisle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlisle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Carlisle is located in Fillmore County
  • Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
    • Oak is located in Nuckolls County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak <1>
  • Shickley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Carleton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carleton
    • Carleton is located in Thayer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carleton <1>
  • Fairfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Deweese
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Nelson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Nora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
    • Nora is located in Nuckolls County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ruskin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruskin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Ruskin is located in Nuckolls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruskin <1>
    • Verona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Verona is located in Clay County
    • Martland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martland
      • Martland is located in Fillmore County

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

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

The official website for State of Nebraska: 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>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 from Point A (ie- Sedan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sedan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3431, Longitude: -97.8971    
<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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Clay Center and Shickley. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<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 Sedan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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