A visit to the Fort Calhoun 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 Ft. Calhoun Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ft. Calhoun Cemetery (FG ID #429578).
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 Ft. Calhoun Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ft. Calhoun Cemetery:
41.4590, -96.0348
The Ft. Calhoun Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Fort Calhoun.
The cemetery is located in Washington County<2>.
The county seat for Washington County is located in Blair. Blair lies just to the northwest of the Ft. Calhoun Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ft. Calhoun Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Ft. Calhoun Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ft. Calhoun Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shipley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- German Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blair Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crook Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Crook Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook Cemetery
- Brewster Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kennard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Potters Field
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Elan Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elan Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Branson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Servants of Mary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Springwell Danish Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Jewish Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McIntosh Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The McIntosh Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Cemetery
- Reels Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Reels Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reels Cemetery
- St. Bridgett Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The St. Bridgett Cemetery is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bridgett Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Old Frazier Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Frazier Cemetery is located in Harrison County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Frazier Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ft. Calhoun Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ft. Calhoun Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fort Calhoun
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Briggs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Loveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Loveland is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- California Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Honey Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Kennard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bennington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Irvington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Home Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Missouri Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Modale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pigeon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elk City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Omaha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carter Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boys Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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 Ft. Calhoun Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Washington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ft. Calhoun Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arlington
- Bennington
- Blair
- Boys Town
- Council Bluffs
- De Soto - Historic
- Elkhorn
- Fort Calhoun
- Herman
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Logan
- Missouri Valley
- Omaha
- Ralston
- Waterloo
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ft. Calhoun Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Washington 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 Ft. Calhoun Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #429578
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 Washington, 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- Ft. Calhoun 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. |