A visit to the Elba 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 Elba Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Elba Cemetery (FG ID #100577).
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 Elba Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elba Cemetery:
41.2764, -98.5650
The Elba Cemetery is located in Howard County<2>.
The county seat for Howard County is located in Saint Paul. Saint Paul lies just to the southeast of the Elba Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Elba Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Elba Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elba Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bohemian National Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairdale / Scott Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cotesfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Danish Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Czechoslovakia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Logan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- St. Mary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- Scotch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canada Hill Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Warsaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Warsaw Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw Cemetery
- Dannevirke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The North Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- South Logan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Logan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Summit 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 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Elba Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elba Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elba
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Farwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cotesfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dannevirke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nysted
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dannebrog
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cushing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wolbach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Scotia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Howard City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howard City is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Boelus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Libory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greeley Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Greeley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- North Loup
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Horace ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Worms
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Loup City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Loup City is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Loup City
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 Elba Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Howard County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Elba Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashton
- Cairo
- Cushing
- Dannebrog
- Greeley
- Loup City
- Palmer
- Saint Paul
- Scotia
- Wolbach
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 helpful 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 Elba Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Howard 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 Elba Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100577
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #829038 (Elba Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #829038 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: Howard
- Est. Elev: 571 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elba
- Location given for Elba Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2764011 Lon: -98.564795
- 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 Howard, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elba 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Elba and Cushing. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |