A visit to the Blue Springs Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Springs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Blue Springs Cemetery
Lat: 40.1525° (40° 9' 9")
Lon: -96.6626° (-96° 39' 45")
The Blue Springs Cemetery is located in Gage County<1>.
The county seat for Gage County is located in Beatrice. Beatrice lies just to the north northwest of the Blue Springs Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Blue Springs Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Blue Springs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Wymore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wymore Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wymore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wymore Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Stark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stark Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Stark Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Brethren Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kinney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barneston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barneston Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barneston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Barneston Cemetery is located in Gage County
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Evergreen Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Beatrice Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Czech National Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Czech National Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Czech National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Czech National Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Odell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Odell Cemetery is located in Gage County
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Virginia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Virginia Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Virginia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Virginia Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Blue Springs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Blue Springs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Blue Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wymore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holmesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barneston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beatrice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Odell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
- Virginia is located in Gage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia <6>
- Filley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oketo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Diller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marietta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lewiston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lanham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lanham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pickrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Burchard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harbine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Crab Orchard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Crab Orchard is located in Johnson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crab Orchard <6>
- Bremen
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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 Springs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Gage County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Blue Springs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Barneston
- Beatrice
- Blue Springs
- Burchard
- Crab Orchard
- Diller
- Filley
- Liberty
- Odell
- Odell lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the Southwest (SW) of the Blue Springs Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Odell.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Oketo lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Blue Springs Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oketo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oketo
- Plymouth
- Steele City
- Summerfield
- Virginia
- Wymore
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 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 Springs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Gage County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Blue Springs Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal 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 Blue Springs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #827510 (Blue Springs Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #827510 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: Blue Springs
- County: Gage Elev: 382
- Location given for GNIS #827510 (Blue Springs Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Gage County: www.co.gage.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Gage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Blue Springs Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1525, Longitude: -96.6626 |
<3> | 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. |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<7> | 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. |