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A visit to the Danish 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 Danish Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Danish Cemetery (FG ID #101617)

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 Danish Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.4805°   (40° 28' 49")

Lon:   -98.6860°   (-98° 41' 9")

The Danish Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.

The county seat for Adams County is located in Hastings. Hastings lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Danish Cemetery .

Name Variations for Danish 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.

Danish Cemetery has also been known as:

  • West Ward 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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Danish Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Danish Cemetery.

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

  • Holstein
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Norman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Roseland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Assumption
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Heartwell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartwell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwell
    • Heartwell is located in Kearney County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heartwell <6>
  • Kenesaw
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenesaw have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenesaw
    • Kenesaw is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenesaw <6>
  • Bladen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Campbell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Juniata
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ayr
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ayr have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayr
    • Ayr is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ayr <6>
  • Hayland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Minden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Valley City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
      • Valley City is located in Kearney County
    • Upland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Prosser
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosser have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser
      • Prosser is located in Adams County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
    • Denman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Blue Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
      • Blue Hill is located in Webster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 850 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Hill <6>
    • Hastings
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Good Samaritan Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Samaritan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Samaritan Village
      • Good Samaritan Village is located in Adams County
    • Newark
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Newark is located in Kearney County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Newark
      • From the Danish Cemetery to Newark

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 Danish Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 websites either 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 Danish 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 Danish Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #834634  (West Ward Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #834634 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: Holstein
    • County: Adams         Elev: 619
    • Location given for GNIS #834634 (West Ward Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #101617

The official website for Adams County: www.adamscounty.org/

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 Adams, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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 Danish Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4805, Longitude: -98.6860    
<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>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.




 

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