A visit to the Central City 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 Central City Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Central City Cemetery (FG ID #100476)
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 Central City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Central City Cemetery
Lat: 41.1374° (41° 8' 14")
Lon: -97.9945° (-97° 59' 40")
The Central City Cemetery is located in Merrick County<2>.
The county seat for Merrick County is located in Central City. Central City lies just to the south southwest of the Central City Cemetery .
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 Central City Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Central City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Burke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mamre Evangelical Free Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fridhem Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prairie Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- George Western Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Archer Evangelical Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North Blue Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lindale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Bureau Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Laclede Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clarks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chapman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- German Methodist Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Swede Plain Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Central City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Central City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Central City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hord. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Hord is located in Merrick County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hord
- From the Central City Cemetery to Hord
- Overland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hordville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Archer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marquette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kronborg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clarks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarks have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
- Clarks is located in Merrick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarks <5>
- Chapman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arborville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worms
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Palmer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fullerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Swedehome
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,490 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <5>
- Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Saint Libory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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 Central City Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Merrick County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Central City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aurora
- Benedict
- Bradshaw
- Central City
- Clarks
- Cushing
- Fullerton
- Hampton
- Hordville
- Marquette
- Palmer
- Polk
- Polk lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Central City Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Polk.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Silver Creek
- Stromsburg
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 Central City Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Merrick 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 Central City 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 Central City Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #828052 (Central City Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #828052 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: Polk NW
- County: Merrick Elev: 516
- Location given for GNIS #828052 (Central City Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100476
Off-the-Road Links ...
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Merrick, 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 Central City Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1374, Longitude: -97.9945 |
<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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<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> | 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. |