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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 Stockham (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 Stockham. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Stockham is located in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County: Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Merrick, Polk & York.

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

  • Hamilton County     (The home county of Stockham)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockham, with the one closest to Stockham listed first.
    • Aurora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hampton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Giltner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Phillips
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Kronborg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Kronborg is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronborg
    • Marquette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hordville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Overland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Overland is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockham, with the one closest to Stockham listed first.
    • Blaine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Blaine is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Hansen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Hansen is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansen
    • Good Samaritan Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hastings
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Brickton ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brickton is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickton
    • Juniata
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockham, with the one closest to Stockham listed first.
    • Saronville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sutton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Harvard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Verona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Verona is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
    • Clay Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Inland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Trumbull
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Fairfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Glenvil
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ong
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Edgar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Deweese
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Fillmore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockham, with the one closest to Stockham listed first.
    • Bixby
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bixby is located in Fillmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
    • Grafton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairmont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Geneva
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Shickley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Exeter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Strang
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockham, with the one closest to Stockham listed first.
    • Doniphan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Grand Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Alda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Merrick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockham, with the one closest to Stockham listed first.
    • Chapman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Paddock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Paddock is located in Merrick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
    • Central City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hord
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hord is located in Merrick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
  • Nuckolls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockham, with the one closest to Stockham listed first.
    • Sedan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sedan is located in Nuckolls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
    • Angus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Angus is located in Nuckolls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
  • Polk County
    • Polk
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Seward County
    • Cordova
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Thayer County
    • Davenport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stockham, with the one closest to Stockham listed first.
    • Henderson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lushton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Lushton is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • Bradshaw
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • McCool Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • York
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Arborville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Arborville is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arborville
    • Benedict
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Waco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Thayer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Thayer is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people

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

Cemeteries Near Stockham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stockham.

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 Stockham - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stockham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Stockham had a population of 211 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Stockham had a population of 44 people.

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

  • Saronville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sutton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Henderson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Harvard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Aurora
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Verona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Verona is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
  • Lushton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lushton is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
  • Hampton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Grafton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay Center
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bradshaw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Inland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Trumbull
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • McCool Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Fairmont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Stockham ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stockham.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Stockham. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Stockham and those printed in the larger area surrounding Stockham.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Stockham.

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 helpful 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 Stockham:

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>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 Stockham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Stockham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.