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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 Vorhees (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 Vorhees. 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 Vorhees ...

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.

Another variation: Vothees.

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 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.

Vorhees is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Antelope, Greeley, Madison, Nance, Platte & Wheeler.

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

  • Boone County     (The home county of Vorhees)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vorhees, with the one closest to Vorhees listed first.
    • Boone
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Edward
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Albion
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Albion is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,558 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
    • Loretto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Rapids
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rapids
      • Cedar Rapids is located in Boone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Rapids <1>
    • Petersburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Primrose
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Primrose have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Akron
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Akron. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
      • Akron is located in Boone County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Akron
      • From Vorhees to Akron
  • Antelope County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vorhees, with the one closest to Vorhees listed first.
    • Elgin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Oakdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Greeley County
    • Spalding
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spalding have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vorhees, with the one closest to Vorhees listed first.
    • Newman Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kalamazoo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kalamazoo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
      • Kalamazoo is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kalamazoo
      • From Vorhees to Kalamazoo
    • Emerick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairview ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Madison
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Madison is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,343 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <1>
    • Meadow Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Grove
      • Meadow Grove is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meadow Grove <1>
    • Tilden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tilden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
      • Tilden is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilden <1>
    • Battle Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Merrick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vorhees, with the one closest to Vorhees listed first.
    • Silver Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
      • Clarks is located in Merrick County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarks <1>
  • Nance County
  • Platte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vorhees, with the one closest to Vorhees listed first.
    • Rosenburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lindsay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Saint Bernard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Cornlea
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornlea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
      • Cornlea is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Monroe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Monroe is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <1>
    • Humphrey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humphrey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
      • Humphrey is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humphrey <1>
    • Tarnov
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Platte Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platte Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Center
      • Platte Center is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Platte Center <1>
    • Oconee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Creston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Duncan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duncan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Duncan is located in Platte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <1>
    • Sheldonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Vorhees ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vorhees.

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

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

  • Boone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boone Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michael Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Edward Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Albion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Albion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Albion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hope Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Skeedee Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • West Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shell Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shell Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shell Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (75 more) ...
    • Holy Family Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sunrise Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunrise Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunrise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Main Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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.<7>

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

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

  • Boone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Edward
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Albion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
    • Albion is located in Boone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
  • Newman Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lindsay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Loretto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Rapids
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rapids
    • Cedar Rapids is located in Boone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Rapids <1>
  • Saint Bernard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Belgrade
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Closter
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Closter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closter
    • Closter is located in Boone County
  • Genoa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cornlea
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornlea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornlea
    • Cornlea is located in Platte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Merchiston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merchiston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchiston
      • Merchiston is located in Nance County
    • Kalamazoo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kalamazoo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
      • Kalamazoo is located in Madison County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kalamazoo
      • From Vorhees to Kalamazoo
    • Petersburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Vorhees ...

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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vorhees.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vorhees, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vorhees.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Vorhees:

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

The official website for Boone County: www.co.boone.ne.us/

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Fullerton and Saint Edward. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vorhees) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vorhees. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6482, Longitude: -97.8892       In this case, the coordinates for Vorhees have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Vorhees, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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