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 Osage (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 Osage. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Osage is located in Weston County.
To see how the shape of Wyoming's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Weston County: Custer (SD), Lawrence (SD), Pennington (SD), Campbell, Converse, Crook & Niobrara.
Below are the counties that are near Osage. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Osage:
- Weston County (The home county of Osage)
- The following are listed by their distance from Osage, with the one closest to Osage listed first.
- Clay Spur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Spur
- Clay Spur is located in Weston County
- Cambria ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Upton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Upton is located in Weston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upton <2>
- Horton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Newcastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Newcastle is located in Weston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcastle <2>
- Four Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Weston County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Four Corners <2>
- Hill View Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill View Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill View Heights
- Hill View Heights is located in Weston County
- Spencer ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Thornton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Osage, with the one closest to Osage listed first.
- Moskee ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Sundance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
- Sundance is located in Crook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sundance <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Osage, see our County-by-County Page for Osage.
Newspapers Published in Osage ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Osage.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Osage, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Osage.
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 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 Osage:
- Websites specific to Wyoming
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Wyoming State Archives
- Pages specific to Weston County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crook County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crook County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wyoming
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Cemeteries of Weston County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wyoming
Cemeteries Near Osage ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Osage.
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 Osage covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Osage, with the one closest to Osage listed first.
- Freel Gravesite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freel Gravesite
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319412 <4>
- Cambria Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cambria Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84004 <4>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Upton Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84039 <4>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84038 <4>
- St. Albert's Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- The St. Albert's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Albert's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Albert's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319397 <4>
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Mtn. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84036 <4>
- Boyd Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyd Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83998 <4>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84040 <4>
- Soldiers Gravesite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soldiers Gravesite
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991683 <4>
- Inyan Kara Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Inyan Kara Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84053 <4>
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Mtn. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84037 <4>
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84086 <4>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Osage in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Osage.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Osage, with the one closest to Osage listed first.
- Pedro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Jerome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Cambria ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Newcastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Newcastle is located in Weston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,314 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcastle <2>
- Spencer ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Thornton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Clifton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Sundance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
- Sundance is located in Crook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sundance <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Osage. See our List of 1890's Communities around Osage.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Osage. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Osage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Osage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9837, Longitude: -104.4226 |
| <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> | 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 Osage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |