A visit to the Elm Creek 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 Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Elm Creek Cemetery (FG ID #2136568).
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 Elm Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elm Creek Cemetery:
40.7250, -99.3857
The Elm Creek 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 Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Elm Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km] of the Elm Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elm Creek 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dove Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plum Creek Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Adullam Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandstrom Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverdale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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- Armada Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Moses Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Robb Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kearney Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Divide Pioneer Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Peake Lutheran Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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 Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elm Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elm Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Odessa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Overton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Amherst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westmark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Miller
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kearney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sumner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bertrand
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Loomis
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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- Kearney City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Holdrege
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Funk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Prairie Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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)
- Smithfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Axtell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 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 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 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)
- Miller
- Newark
- Overton
- Sartoria
- Smithfield
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 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 Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Buffalo 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 Elm Creek Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2136568
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elm Creek 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. |