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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 .

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 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 Eclipse Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to Hooker 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 Eclipse Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • 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: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucktail have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktail
      • Bucktail is located in Arthur County
    • 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
    • Tryon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mullen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Arthur
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Seneca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

    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
    • 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

    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.<6>

    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)
      • 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.<7>
      • The Center Valley Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Arthur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2439128 <1>
    • Lone Star Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.<7>
      • The Lone Star Cemetery is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Star Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2356515 <1>
    • Whitman Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Whitman Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146762 <1>
    • Cedarview Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley View Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Miller Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #212601 <1>
    • Arthur Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • James Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hyannis Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Echo Church Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

    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:

    The official website for Hooker County: www.co.hooker.ne.us/

    The official website for State of Nebraska: 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 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 Eclipse Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7712, Longitude: -101.2594    
    <4>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.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <6>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.
    <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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