A visit to the Elm Creek Catholic 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 Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery (FG ID #198696)
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 Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery
Lat: 40.7250° (40° 43' 30")
Lon: -99.3705° (-99° 22' 13")
The Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery is located in Buffalo County<2>.
The county seat for Buffalo County is located in Kearney. Kearney lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east of the Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery .
Name Variations for Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 18 miles [29 km] of the Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Overton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Platte Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dove Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dove Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dove Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Dove Hill Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100549 <1>
- Riverdale Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Plum Creek Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Magill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Adullam Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandstrom Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Armada Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moses Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kearney Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Divide Pioneer Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
- Peake Lutheran Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sumner Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Robb Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont Pioneer Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Elm Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Creek
- Elm Creek is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elm Creek <7>
- Odessa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Overton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton
- Overton is located in Dawson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overton <7>
- Amherst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Riverdale is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverdale <7>
- Westmark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Miller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kearney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sumner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kearney City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Loomis
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Prairie Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bertrand
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holdrege
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Funk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Funk have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Funk is located in Phelps County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Funk <7>
- Sartoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Buda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Axtell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sacramento
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Newark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasanton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eddyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
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 Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Buffalo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amherst
- Axtell
- Bertrand
- Eddyville
- Elm Creek
- Funk
- Funk lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Funk.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- Holdrege
- Kearney
- Lexington
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Loomis lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Loomis.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
- Miller
- Newark
- Newark lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Newark.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Overton
- Sartoria
- Smithfield
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Buffalo 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 Elm Creek Catholic 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 Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery:
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #198696
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Buffalo County: www.buffalogov.org/
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 Buffalo, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Elm Creek Catholic Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7250, Longitude: -99.3705 |
<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> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |