A visit to the Amity Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Amity Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Amity Cemetery (FG ID #100320)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Amity Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Amity Cemetery
Lat: 41.7157° (41° 42' 56")
Lon: -98.7328° (-98° 43' 58")
The Amity Cemetery is located in Greeley County<2>.
The county seat for Greeley County is located in Greeley. Greeley lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southeast of the Amity Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 23 miles [37 km] of the Amity Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Amity Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pibel Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ord City Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elyria Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Greeley Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swedish Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Side Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mira Valley Evangelical Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- O'Connor Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery - North
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- St. Michaels Calvary Cemetery - South
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grand View Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Littlefield Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Banner Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Czech National Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Davis Creek Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 15 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Amity Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Amity Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ericson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sumter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Sumter is located in Valley County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sumter
- From the Amity Cemetery to Sumter
- Ord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horace ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bartlett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elyria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elyria have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
- Elyria is located in Valley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <5>
- North Loup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greeley Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greeley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Gables ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gables. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gables
- Gables is located in Garfield County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Gables
- From the Amity Cemetery to Gables
- Scotia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Spalding
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spalding have been provided by the GNIS.<7> 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 <5>
- Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Amity Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Greeley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Amity Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arcadia
- Bartlett
- Burwell
- Ericson
- Greeley
- Ord
- Ord lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Amity Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ord.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
- Primrose
- Scotia
- Spalding
- Wolbach
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Amity Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Greeley County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Amity Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #826981 (Amity Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #826981 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Greeley NW
- County: Greeley Elev: 663
- Location given for GNIS #826981 (Amity Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100320
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Greeley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Amity Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7157, Longitude: -98.7328 |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | 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. |