A visit to the Blair 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 Blair Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Blair Cemetery (FG ID #100397).
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 Blair Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Blair Cemetery:
41.5507, -96.1189
The Blair Cemetery is located in Washington County<2>.
The county seat for Washington County is located in Blair. Blair lies just to the west southwest of the Blair Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Blair Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Blair Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Blair Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cuming City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brewster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kennard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ft. Calhoun Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hauger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Hauger Cemetery is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauger Cemetery
- Herman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thone Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- German Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yutsler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Yutsler Cemetery is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yutsler Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Prairie View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colby - Morley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Old Frazier Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Old Frazier Cemetery is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Frazier Cemetery
- Vacoma Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shipley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mondamin Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Mondamin Cemetery is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondamin Cemetery
- Modamin / Noyes 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 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Blair Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Blair Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Blair
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kennard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- California Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Modale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Calhoun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Herman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Missouri Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bennington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Loveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Mondamin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Arlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Telbasta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Elk City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Briggs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Honey Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Fontanelle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tekamah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Irvington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Admah ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Admah is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah
- Orson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Blair Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Washington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Blair Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arlington
- Bennington
- Blair
- De Soto - Historic
- Fort Calhoun
- Herman
- Kennard
- Little Sioux
- Logan
- Magnolia
- Missouri Valley
- Tekamah
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Blair Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Washington 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 Blair Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100397
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #827480 (Blair Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #827480 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Washington
- Est. Elev: 331 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Modale
- Location given for Blair Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.5508266 Lon: -96.1189038
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Washington, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blair 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. |