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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 Stafford (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 Stafford. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Stafford is located in Holt 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 Holt County: Antelope, Boyd, Knox, Loup, Rock & Wheeler.

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

  • Holt County     (The home county of Stafford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stafford, with the one closest to Stafford listed first.
    • Page
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Emporia ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Emporia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
      • Emporia is located in Holt County
    • Inman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
      • Inman is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
    • Ewing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
      • Ewing is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ewing <1>
    • O'Neill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
      • O'Neill is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
      • O'Neill has also been known as:
      • O'Neill City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <1>
    • Knievels Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knievels Corner
      • Knievels Corner is located in Holt County
    • Deloit
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
      • Deloit is located in Holt County
    • Chambers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Star
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Holt County
    • Emmet
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
      • Emmet is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmet <1>
    • Amelia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Inez ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inez. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
      • Inez is located in Holt County
  • Antelope County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stafford, with the one closest to Stafford listed first.
    • Orchard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Royal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
      • Royal is located in Antelope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <1>
    • Clearwater
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
      • Clearwater is located in Antelope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <1>
    • Brunswick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
      • Brunswick is located in Antelope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <1>
    • Neligh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elgin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
    • Oakdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stafford, with the one closest to Stafford listed first.
    • Venus ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Venus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
      • Venus is located in Knox County
    • Walnut
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
      • Walnut is located in Knox County
    • Knoxville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoxville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
      • Knoxville is located in Knox County
    • Winnetoon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Verdigre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Creighton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Dukeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukeville
      • Dukeville is located in Knox County
    • Bazile Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
      • Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • Pishelville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pishelville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
      • Pishelville is located in Knox County
  • Wheeler County
    • Cumminsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumminsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
      • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County

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

Cemeteries Near Stafford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stafford.

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

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

  • Inman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Inman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Inman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Page Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Page Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Page Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the west of Page.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961103 <5>
  • St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Florence Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florence Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Florence Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Florence Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> to the northwest of Page.
    • The Florence Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lee Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342598 <5>
  • Vandersnick Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vandersnick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vandersnick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lambert Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lambert Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lambert Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the southwest of Page.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100880 <5>
  • Ewing Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ewing Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ewing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Orchard Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orchard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orchard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trussel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trussel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trussel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hope - Enterprise Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope - Enterprise Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hope - Enterprise Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the southwest of Page.
    • The Hope - Enterprise Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Enterprise Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100592 <5>
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...
    • O'Neill Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the O'Neill Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the O'Neill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in O'Neill.
      • The O'Neill Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Calvary Cemetery
      • Prospect Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #654077 <5>
    • St. Anthonys Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthonys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthonys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Patricks Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Stafford had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Page
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Inman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
    • Inman is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <1>
  • Ewing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
    • Ewing is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ewing <1>
  • Orchard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Venus ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Venus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
    • Venus is located in Knox County
  • O'Neill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
    • O'Neill is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
    • O'Neill has also been known as:
    • O'Neill City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <1>
  • Deloit
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
    • Deloit is located in Holt County
  • Chambers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Clearwater
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
    • Clearwater is located in Antelope County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <1>
  • Star
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Star is located in Holt County
  • Emmet
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
    • Emmet is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmet <1>
  • Amelia
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Cumminsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumminsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
      • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
    • Brunswick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
      • Brunswick is located in Antelope County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <1>
    • Knoxville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoxville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
      • Knoxville is located in Knox County

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

Newspapers Published in Stafford ...

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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stafford.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stafford, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stafford.

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 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 Stafford:

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

The official website for Holt County: www.co.holt.ne.us/

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>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 from Point A (ie- Stafford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stafford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3283, Longitude: -98.4470       In this case, the coordinates for Stafford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 Stafford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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