A visit to the Bethany 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 Bethany Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bethany Cemetery (FG ID #1858162).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 Bethany Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethany Cemetery:
40.4672, -99.0862
The Bethany Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Axtell.
The cemetery is located in Kearney County<2>.
The county seat for Kearney County is located in Minden. Minden lies just to the east northeast of the Bethany Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bethany Cemetery.
Name Variations for Bethany Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Bethany Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethany Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
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.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Bethany Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethany Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethphage Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Keene Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Keene Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fridhem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Minden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Plain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- White Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Hildreth Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Hildreth Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildreth Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Free Mission Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Magill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Antelope Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Antelope Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Cemetery
- Freewater Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Freewater Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewater Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ft. Kearney Post Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Bethany Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethany Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Axtell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Keene
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Minden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilcox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Funk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hildreth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sacramento
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kearney City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Newark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Upland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ragan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Holdrege
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Valley City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley City is located in Kearney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Kearney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Heartwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Macon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Huntley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntley is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
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 Bethany Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kearney County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethany Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atlanta
- Axtell
- Campbell
- Funk
- Hildreth
- Holdrege
- Holstein
- Kearney
- Loomis
- Minden
- Newark
- Ragan
- Upland
- Wilcox
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bethany Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Kearney County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
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 Bethany Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1858162
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 Kearney, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Bethany Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |