A visit to the Elk City 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 Elk City Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Elk City Cemetery (FG ID #100578).
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 Elk City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elk City Cemetery:
41.3722, -96.2766
The Elk City Cemetery is located in Douglas County<2>.
The county seat for Douglas County is located in Omaha. Omaha lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Elk City Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Elk City Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Elk City Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elk City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Prairie View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Colby - Morley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arlington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- German Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kennard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flower Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bender Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Elkhorn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gods Acre Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pohocco Lutheran Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Little Flower Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Elk City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elk City Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elk City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- King Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bennington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leshara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kennard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yutan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Venice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Boys Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodcliff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Irvington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Inglewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Inglewood is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Millard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fontanelle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chalco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Briggs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Fort Calhoun
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 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 Elk City Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Douglas County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Elk City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arlington
- Bennington
- Blair
- Blair lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Elk City Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Blair.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Boys Town
- De Soto - Historic
- Elkhorn
- Fort Calhoun
- Fremont
- Kennard
- Mead
- Mead lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Elk City Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mead.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead
- Millard
- Valley
- Waterloo
- Yutan
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Elk City Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Douglas 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 Elk City Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100578
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #829051 (Elk City Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #829051 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: Douglas
- Est. Elev: 394 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Valley
- Location given for Elk City Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3724977 Lon: -96.2766887
- 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 Douglas, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elk City 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |