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A visit to the Blue Ridge 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 Blue Ridge Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Blue Ridge Cemetery (FG ID #100403)

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 Blue Ridge Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Blue Ridge Cemetery

Lat:   41.0765°   (41° 4' 35")

Lon:   -97.4070°   (-97° 24' 25")

The cemetery is located in Polk County<3>.

As an estimate, the Blue Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Surprise.

The county seat for Polk County is located in Osceola. Osceola lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest of the Blue Ridge Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Blue Ridge Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Blue Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Blue Ridge Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Blue Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Blue Ridge Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Polk County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Blue Ridge Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bellwood
  • Benedict
  • David City
  • Dwight
  • Garrison
  • Goehner
  • Gresham
  • Osceola
  • Polk
    • Polk lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the West (W) of the Blue Ridge Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Polk.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
  • Rising City
  • Seward
  • Shelby
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Continue List   (8 more)
    • Stromsburg
    • Surprise
    • Tamora
    • Ulysses
    • Utica
      • Utica lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Blue Ridge Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Utica.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Waco
      • Waco lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Blue Ridge Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Waco.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
    • York
      • York lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the Southwest (SW) of the Blue Ridge Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for York.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Blue Ridge Cemetery:

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 Blue Ridge Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #827506  (Blue Ridge Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #827506 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: Gresham
    • County: Polk         Elev: 500
    • Location given for GNIS #827506 (Blue Ridge Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #100403

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Blue Ridge Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0765, Longitude: -97.4070    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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