A visit to the Cheney 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 Cheney Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Cheney Cemetery (FG ID #100482).
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 Cheney Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cheney Cemetery:
40.7258, -96.6069
The Cheney Cemetery is located in Lancaster County<2>.
The county seat for Lancaster County is located in Lincoln. Lincoln lies just to the northwest of the Cheney Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Cheney Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Cheney Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cheney Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- College View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saltillo - Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Schultz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roca Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bennet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyuka Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Swiggart Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bergman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Centerville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stagecoach Lake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spahnle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Cheney Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cheney Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cheney
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- College View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hanlon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hanlon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlon
- Roca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bennet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Havelock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Martell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sprague
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gaslight Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gaslight Village is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Panama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Lincoln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Eagle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Denton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Firth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Waverly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Emerald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Cheney Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lancaster County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cheney Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bennet
- College View
- Denton
- Eagle
- Firth
- Hickman
- Lincoln
- Palmyra
- Panama
- Waverly
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 professional and volunteer 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 Cheney Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Lancaster 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 Cheney Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100482
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #828112 (Cheney Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #828112 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: Lancaster
- Est. Elev: 433 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bennet
- Location given for Cheney Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.725834 Lon: -96.6069594
- 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 Lancaster, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cheney 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. |