A visit to the Elwood 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 Elwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Elwood Cemetery (FG ID #100584).
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 Elwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elwood Cemetery:
40.5999, -99.8393
The Elwood Cemetery is located in Gosper County<2>.
The county seat for Gosper County is located in Elwood. Elwood lies just to the west southwest of the Elwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Elwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> of the Elwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Quakerville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Robb Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homerville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eustis East Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salem East Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westview Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McGuire Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Highland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Adullam Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Plum Creek Pioneer Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stowe Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Muddy Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandstrom Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Elwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Smithfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eustis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bertrand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Darr
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Westmark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Overton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cozad
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Loomis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arapahoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Orafino
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Farnam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Holbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Atlanta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holdrege
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Elwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Gosper County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Elwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arapahoe
- Atlanta
- Bertrand
- Cambridge
- Cozad
- Cozad lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Elwood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cozad.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozad
- Edison
- Elm Creek
- Elwood
- Eustis
- Farnam
- Gothenburg
- Holbrook
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Continue List (7 more)
- Lexington
- Loomis
- Overton
- Oxford
- Smithfield
- Stockville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Elwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Gosper 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 Elwood Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100584
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #829102 (Elwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #829102 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: Gosper
- Est. Elev: 810 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elwood
- Location given for Elwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5997284 Lon: -99.837898
- 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 Gosper, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elwood 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. |