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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. 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 Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elm Creek Cemetery

Lat:   40.7250°   (40° 43' 30")

Lon:   -99.3857°   (-99° 23' 8")

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 .

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:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Elm Creek 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 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <5>
    • 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.<4> 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 <5>
    • Amherst
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Westmark
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmark
      • Westmark is located in Phelps County
    • Riverdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <5>
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Park
      • Glenwood Park is located in Buffalo County
    • 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)
    • Continue List   (13 more) ...
      • Kearney City ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kearney City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney City
        • Kearney City is located in Kearney County
        • Kearney City has also been known as:
        • Dobytown
      • 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.<4> 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 <5>
      • Prairie Center
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
        • Prairie Center is located in Buffalo County
      • Sartoria
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartoria
        • Sartoria is located in Buffalo County
      • Lexington
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Buda
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
        • Buda is located in Buffalo County
      • 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sacramento have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
        • Sacramento is located in Phelps County
      • Newark
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newark have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
        • Newark is located in Kearney County
      • 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)
        • Loomis lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Elm Creek 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 Cemetery.
        • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Newark.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Overton
      • Sartoria
      • Smithfield

    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.<6>

    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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fairview Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2315833 <1>
    • Williamsburg Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Williamsburg Cemetery is located in Phelps County
      • The Williamsburg Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Williamsburg Methodist Church Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williamsburg Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964882 <1>
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dove Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dove Hill Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dove Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100549 <1>
    • 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)
      • The Magill Cemetery is located in Phelps County
      • The Magill Cemetery has also been known as:
      • McGill Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Magill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100960 <1>
    • Riverdale Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Continue List   (10 more) ...
      • 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)
        • The Kearney Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kearney Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Kearney.
        • The Kearney Cemetery has also been known as:
        • City of Kearney Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kearney Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1104446 <1>
      • Divide Pioneer Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lutheran Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
      • Peake Lutheran Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • The Peake Lutheran Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
        • The Peake Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Peake Cemetery
        • Peaks Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peake Lutheran Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101116 <1>

    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 Elm Creek Cemetery:

    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 things 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 Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7250, Longitude: -99.3857    
    <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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