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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 Tilden (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 Tilden. 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.

Tilden is primarily located in Madison County. A portion of Tilden extends into Antelope 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 Madison County: Antelope, Boone, Pierce, Platte, Stanton & Wayne.

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

  • Madison County     (The home county of Tilden)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
    • Meadow Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Emerick
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Emerick is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerick
    • Battle Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Fairview ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairview is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Kalamazoo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kalamazoo is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
    • Warnerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Warnerville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnerville
    • Newman Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Norfolk
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Madison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Antelope County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
    • Oakdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Neligh
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elgin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Clearwater
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Brunswick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Royal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Orchard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
    • Petersburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Loretto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Loretto is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Albion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Vorhees
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Vorhees is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorhees
    • Boone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Boone is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
    • Akron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Akron is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Holt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
    • Deloit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Deloit is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
    • Knievels Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Knievels Corner is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knievels Corner
    • Ewing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Knox County
    • Creighton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
    • Foster
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pierce
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hadar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Plainview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Breslau
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Breslau is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
    • Wee Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Wee Town is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wee Town
    • Osmond
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • McLean
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Platte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tilden, with the one closest to Tilden listed first.
    • Lindsay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Saint Bernard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Bernard is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernard
    • Rosenburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Rosenburg is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenburg
    • Cornlea
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cornlea is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Humphrey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayne County
    • Hoskins
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Tilden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tilden.

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

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

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakdale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakdale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oakdale.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101064 <2>
  • Hutchins Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Deer Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Zion West Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (81 more) ...
    • Lambrecht Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Boniface Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • West Cedar Valley Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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 in 1895, Tilden had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Tilden had a population of 936 people.

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

  • Meadow Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oakdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Closter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Closter is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closter
  • Emerick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Emerick is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerick
  • Neligh
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Battle Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Elgin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Kalamazoo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kalamazoo is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
  • Petersburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Foster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Pierce
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Newman Grove
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Warnerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Warnerville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warnerville
    • Hadar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Clearwater
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Tilden ...

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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tilden.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

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 Tilden:

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 Tilden, 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- Tilden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.