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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Violet. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Violet to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Violet, please Contact Us.

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 Violet (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 Violet. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Violet is historic, it would have been located within present day Pawnee 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 Pawnee County: Marshall (KS), Nemaha (KS), Gage, Johnson, Nemaha & Richardson.

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

  • Pawnee County     (The home county of Violet)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
    • Pawnee City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Steinauer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Burchard
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Table Rock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lewiston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewiston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
      • Lewiston is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <2>
    • Du Bois
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
    • Liberty
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Virginia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
      • Virginia is located in Gage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia <2>
    • Barneston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Filley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
      • Rockford is located in Gage County
    • Blue Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Holmesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Wymore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Adams
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adams have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Adams is located in Gage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <2>
    • Beatrice
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Odell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Pickrell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
    • Elk Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tecumseh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Vesta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
      • Vesta is located in Johnson County
    • Crab Orchard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
      • Crab Orchard is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crab Orchard <2>
    • Saint Mary
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
      • Saint Mary is located in Johnson County
    • Graf ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
      • Graf is located in Johnson County
    • Sterling
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Cook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
      • Cook is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <2>
  • Nemaha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
    • Johnson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Johnson is located in Nemaha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson <2>
    • Rohrs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrs
      • Rohrs is located in Nemaha County
    • Howe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
      • Howe is located in Nemaha County
    • Auburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
      • Auburn is located in Nemaha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,342 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <2>
    • Brock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Otoe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
    • Burr
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
      • Burr is located in Otoe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burr <2>
    • Talmage
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Richardson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
    • Humboldt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Nim City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nim City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nim City
      • Nim City is located in Richardson County
    • Dawson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Stella
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Salem is located in Richardson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <2>
    • Verdon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Marshall County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
    • Summerfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Axtell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
      • Axtell is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
    • Beattie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattie
      • Beattie is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
    • Oketo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oketo
      • Oketo is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Marietta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Marietta is located in Marshall County (KS)
    • Home
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Home have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
      • Home is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Home <2>
    • Carden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carden
      • Carden is located in Marshall County (KS)
    • Winifred
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifred
      • Winifred is located in Marshall County (KS)
    • Vermillion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vermillion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermillion
      • Vermillion is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vermillion <2>
    • Marysville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Frankfort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
      • Frankfort is located in Marshall County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
  • Nemaha County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Violet, with the one closest to Violet listed first.
    • Saint Benedict ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
      • Saint Benedict is located in Nemaha County (KS)
    • Bern
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bern have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bern
      • Bern is located in Nemaha County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
    • Central City ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
      • Central City is located in Nemaha County (KS)
    • Baileyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
      • Baileyville is located in Nemaha County (KS)
    • Seneca
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
      • Seneca is located in Nemaha County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,079 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <2>
    • Oneida
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
      • Oneida is located in Nemaha County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Berwick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
      • Berwick is located in Nemaha County (KS)
    • Centralia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centralia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
      • Centralia is located in Nemaha County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centralia <2>
    • Sabetha
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabetha
      • Sabetha is located in Nemaha County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,552 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sabetha <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Violet ...

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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Violet.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Violet, 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 Violet.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Violet:

Cemeteries Near Violet ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Violet.

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

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

Violet itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Pawnee City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Steinauer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Burchard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mayberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
    • Mayberry is located in Pawnee County
  • Bookwalter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bookwalter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookwalter
    • Bookwalter is located in Pawnee County
  • Table Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Armour ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
    • Armour is located in Pawnee County
  • Summerfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Bridget
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Bridget have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bridget
    • Saint Bridget is located in Marshall County (KS)
  • Lewiston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewiston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
    • Lewiston is located in Pawnee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <2>
  • Tate ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tate
    • Tate is located in Pawnee County
  • Liberty
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Du Bois
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Elk Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Virginia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
      • Virginia is located in Gage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia <2>

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

The official website for Pawnee County: www.co.pawnee.ne.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Violet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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- Violet) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Violet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1325, Longitude: -96.2547       In this case, the coordinates for Violet 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.




 

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