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A visit to the Dickens 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 Dickens Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Dickens Cemetery (FG ID #100543)

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 Dickens Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.8301°   (40° 49' 48")

Lon:   -100.9818°   (-100° 58' 54")

The Dickens Cemetery is located in Lincoln County<2>.

The county seat for Lincoln County is located in North Platte. North Platte lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Dickens Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 24 miles [38.6 km] of the Dickens Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 17 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Dickens Cemetery.

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

  • Dickens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
    • Dickens is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dickens <6>
  • Somerset
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somerset have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
    • Somerset is located in Lincoln County
  • Wallace
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Wellfleet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Grainton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grainton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainton
    • Grainton is located in Perkins County
  • Elsie
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Blanche ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blanche. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
    • Blanche is located in Chase County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Blanche
    • From the Dickens Cemetery to Blanche
  • Catherine ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hayes Center
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes Center have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Center
    • Hayes Center is located in Hayes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayes Center <6>
  • Maywood
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hershey
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hershey have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
    • Hershey is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 644 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hershey <6>
  • Birdwood
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Birdwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdwood
    • Birdwood is located in Lincoln County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Birdwood
    • From the Dickens Cemetery to Birdwood
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...

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 Dickens Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lincoln County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Dickens 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 Dickens Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #828714  (Dickens Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #828714 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: Dickens
    • County: Lincoln         Elev: 971
    • Location given for GNIS #828714 (Dickens Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #100543

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.ne.us/

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 Lincoln, 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 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 Dickens Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8301, Longitude: -100.9818    
<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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