A visit to the Eclipse 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 Eclipse Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Eclipse Cemetery (FG ID #1170403)
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 Eclipse Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Eclipse Cemetery
Lat: 41.7712° (41° 46' 16")
Lon: -101.2594° (-101° 15' 33")
The Eclipse Cemetery is located in Hooker County<2>.
The county seat for Hooker County is located in Mullen. Mullen lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Eclipse Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 10 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Eclipse Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Eclipse Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Center Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Center Valley Baptist Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- The Center Valley Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Arthur County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2439128 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Center Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the Center Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
- Lone Star Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Star Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Lone Star Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- The Lone Star Cemetery is located in McPherson County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2356515 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Lone Star Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the Lone Star Cemetery
- Whitman Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitman Cemetery
- The Whitman Cemetery is located in Grant County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Whitman Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Whitman.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146762 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Whitman Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the Whitman Cemetery
- Cedarview Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedarview Cemetery
- The Cedarview Cemetery is located in Hooker County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2134280 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Cedarview Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the Cedarview Cemetery
- Valley View Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Cemetery
- The Valley View Cemetery is located in McPherson County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101576 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Valley View Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the Valley View Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
- The Miller Cemetery is located in McPherson County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Miller Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Tryon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #212601 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Miller Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the Miller Cemetery
- Arthur Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arthur Cemetery
- The Arthur Cemetery is located in Arthur County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2134276 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Arthur Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the Arthur Cemetery
- James Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James Cemetery
- The James Cemetery is located in Cherry County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100837 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the James Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the James Cemetery
- Hyannis Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hyannis Cemetery
- The Hyannis Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1996355 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Hyannis Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the Hyannis Cemetery
- Glen Echo Church Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Echo Church Cemetery
- The Glen Echo Church Cemetery is located in Keith County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2431728 <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Glen Echo Church Cemetery
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to the Glen Echo Church Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 7 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Eclipse Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Eclipse Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bucktail
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bucktail. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktail
- Bucktail is located in Arthur County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bucktail
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to Bucktail
- Heil School ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heil School
- Heil School is located in Hooker County
- Heil School has also been known as:
- Hecla
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Heil School
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to Heil School
- Tryon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Tryon is located in McPherson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tryon <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tryon
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to Tryon
- Mullen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen
- Mullen is located in Hooker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullen <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Mullen
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to Mullen
- Whitman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
- Whitman is located in Grant County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitman <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Whitman
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to Whitman
- Arthur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Arthur is located in Arthur County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arthur <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Arthur
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to Arthur
- Seneca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Seneca is located in Thomas County
- Estimated population in 2015: 35 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Seneca
- From the Eclipse Cemetery to Seneca
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 Eclipse Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hooker County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Eclipse Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arthur
- Arthur lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Eclipse Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arthur.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Mullen
- Mullen lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Eclipse Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mullen.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen
- Seneca
- Seneca lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Eclipse Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Seneca.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Tryon
- Tryon lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Eclipse Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tryon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
- Whitman
- Whitman lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Eclipse Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Whitman.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Eclipse Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Hooker County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Arthur County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Cherry County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Grant County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Keith County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- McPherson County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Eclipse Cemetery (FG ID #1170403)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Hooker County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Nebraska
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Nebraska
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Nebraska
- Cemeteries of Hooker
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Eclipse 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 Eclipse Cemetery:
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1170403
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hooker County: www.co.hooker.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 Hooker, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Eclipse Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7712, Longitude: -101.2594 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |