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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 Stokes Ranch (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 Stokes Ranch. 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 Stokes Ranch ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Stokes Ranch: Stokes Rnch.
  • While the name of this community is Stokes Ranch, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stokes Ranch may originally have been Stoke's Ranch.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stokes Ranch might be written as Stoke Ranch.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Stokes Ranch is located in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County: Antelope, Boone, Garfield, Greeley, Holt & Valley.

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

  • Wheeler County     (The home county of Stokes Ranch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ranch, with the one closest to Stokes Ranch listed first.
    • Bartlett
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ericson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Antelope County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ranch, with the one closest to Stokes Ranch listed first.
    • Elgin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • 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 <2>
    • Clearwater
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Neligh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Orchard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Royal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <2>
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ranch, with the one closest to Stokes Ranch listed first.
    • Akron
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Akron have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Akron is located in Boone County
    • Petersburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <2>
    • Loretto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
      • Loretto is located in Boone County
    • Primrose
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Primrose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
      • Primrose is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Primrose <2>
  • Garfield County
    • Gables ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gables have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gables
      • Gables is located in Garfield County
  • Greeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ranch, with the one closest to Stokes Ranch listed first.
    • Spalding
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spalding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding
      • Spalding is located in Greeley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spalding <2>
    • Greeley Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greeley Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley Center
      • Greeley Center is located in Greeley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
    • Greeley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Holt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stokes Ranch, with the one closest to Stokes Ranch listed first.
    • Deloit
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
      • Deloit is located in Holt County
    • Knievels Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knievels Corner
      • Knievels Corner is located in Holt County
    • Ewing
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • 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 <2>
    • Chambers
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chambers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
      • Chambers is located in Holt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chambers <2>
    • Emporia ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • 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.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
      • Emporia is located in Holt County
    • Inman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • 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 <2>
    • Amelia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Page
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Stokes Ranch ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stokes Ranch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stokes Ranch, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stokes Ranch.

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 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 Stokes Ranch:

Cemeteries Near Stokes Ranch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stokes Ranch.

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

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

  • Bartlett Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Anthonys Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthonys Cemetery
  • Wolf Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wolf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wolf Cemetery
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
  • Trussel Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trussel Cemetery
  • Conley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conley Cemetery
  • Farmers Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farmers Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farmers Hill Cemetery
  • Pibel Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
  • Vandersnick Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vandersnick Cemetery
  • Akron Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Akron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Akron Cemetery
  • St. Michaels Calvary Cemetery - South
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (29 more) ...
    • Grand View Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • St. Boniface Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
    • West Cedar Valley Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Cedar Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Cedar Valley Cemetery

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.<7>

While we didn't find Stokes Ranch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stokes Ranch.

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

  • Cumminsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • 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
  • Bartlett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheeler ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheeler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
    • Wheeler is located in Wheeler County
  • Deloit
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
    • Deloit is located in Holt County
  • Ericson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Akron
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Akron have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
    • Akron is located in Boone County
  • Elgin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • 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 <2>
  • Clearwater
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <2>
  • Ewing
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • 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 <2>
  • Chambers
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chambers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
    • Chambers is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chambers <2>
  • Petersburg
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Petersburg is located in Boone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <2>
  • Belfast
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belfast have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
    • Belfast is located in Greeley County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Stafford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stafford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
      • Stafford is located in Holt County
    • Loretto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
      • Loretto is located in Boone County
    • Neligh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stokes Ranch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stokes Ranch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9775, Longitude: -98.4834       In this case, the coordinates for Stokes Ranch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Stokes Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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