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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Venango (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 Venango. 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 and 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.

Venango is located in Perkins 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 Perkins County: Phillips (CO), Sedgwick (CO), Chase, Hayes, Keith & Lincoln.

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

  • Perkins County     (The home county of Venango)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venango, with the one closest to Venango listed first.
    • Brandon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Brandon is located in Perkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
    • Grant
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Perkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <1>
    • Madrid
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Chase County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venango, with the one closest to Venango listed first.
    • Lamar
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Lamar is located in Chase County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Crete
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Crete is located in Chase County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
    • Champion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Imperial
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Deuel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venango, with the one closest to Venango listed first.
    • Barton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Barton is located in Deuel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Big Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Keith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venango, with the one closest to Venango listed first.
    • Megeath
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Megeath is located in Keith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megeath
    • Brule
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Ogallala
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Phillips County (CO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venango, with the one closest to Venango listed first.
    • Amherst
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Holyoke
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Holyoke is located in Phillips County (CO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,239 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holyoke <1>
    • Paoli
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Paoli is located in Phillips County (CO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paoli <1>
  • Sedgwick County (CO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Venango, with the one closest to Venango listed first.
    • Julesburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ovid
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ovid is located in Sedgwick County (CO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovid <1>
    • Sedgwick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Venango ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Venango.

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

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

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

  • Venango Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Amherst Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Greenlaw Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Chase Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodham Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Spring Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Ovid Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ovid Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ovid (CO).
    • The Ovid Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Reservation Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57475 <2>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Paoli Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Posegate Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Venango had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Venango had a population of 159 people.

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

  • Brandon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Brandon is located in Perkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
  • Amherst
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lamar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Lamar is located in Chase County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
  • Chase
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chase is located in Chase County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Grant
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Grant is located in Perkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <1>
  • Holyoke
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Holyoke is located in Phillips County (CO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,239 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holyoke <1>
  • Julesburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Barton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Barton is located in Deuel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
  • Big Springs
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Paoli
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Paoli is located in Phillips County (CO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paoli <1>
  • Brule
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Champion
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Imperial
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Madrid
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sedgwick
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Venango. See our List of 1890's Communities around Venango.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Venango ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Venango.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Venango. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Venango and those printed in the larger area surrounding Venango.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Venango.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Venango:

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>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- Venango) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Venango, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.