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A visit to the Brainard 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 Brainard Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brainard Cemetery (FG ID #2441498)

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 Brainard Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.1772°   (41° 10' 37")

Lon:   -96.9860°   (-96° 59' 9")

The Brainard Cemetery is located in Butler County<2>.

The county seat for Butler County is located in David City. David City lies just to the northwest of the Brainard Cemetery .

Name Variations for Brainard 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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Brainard Cemetery.

Brainard Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Brainard IOOF Cemetery
  • Brainard IOOF Cemetery
  • Old Brainard 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.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Brainard Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to Butler 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 Brainard Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brainard Cemetery.

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

    • Brainard
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Loma
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
      • Loma is located in Butler County
    • Dwight
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bruno
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • David City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Garrison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
      • Garrison is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Valparaiso
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Abie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Millerton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
      • Millerton is located in Butler County
    • Bee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
      • Bee is located in Seward County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bee <4>
    • Octavia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octavia
      • Octavia is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Weston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Continue List   (12 more) ...
      • Rescue ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rescue have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
        • Rescue is located in Saunders County
      • Ulysses
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Prague
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Nimburg
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nimburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
        • Nimburg is located in Butler County
      • Agnew
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
        • Agnew is located in Lancaster County
      • Malmo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Garland
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Linwood
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Rising City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Surprise
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
        • Surprise is located in Butler County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Staplehurst
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellwood
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
        • Bellwood is located in Butler County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellwood <4>

    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 Brainard Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Butler County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Brainard Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Loma Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Loma Cemetery is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loma Cemetery
    • St. Lukes Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Butler County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Lukes Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Loma.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100918 <1>
    • St. Francis Catholic Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Fricke Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • St. Anthony Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ware Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Assumption Catholic Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • David City Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Vitus Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • National Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Bohemian Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Garrison Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • St. Cyril and Methodius Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Faith Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery East
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Grim Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • The Grim Cemetery is located in Butler County
        • The Grim Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Grimm Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grim Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100720 <1>
      • St. Marys Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Valparaiso Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jensen Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Znami Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

    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 Brainard Cemetery:

    The official website for Butler County: www.co.butler.ne.us/

    The official website for State of Nebraska: 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 Butler, 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' (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 Brainard Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1772, Longitude: -96.9860    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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>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.




 

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