A visit to the Friesen 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 Friesen Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Friesen Cemetery (FG ID #100659)
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 Friesen Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Friesen Cemetery
Lat: 40.7745° (40° 46' 28")
Lon: -97.8452° (-97° 50' 42")
The Friesen Cemetery is located in Hamilton County<2>.
The county seat for Hamilton County is located in Aurora. Aurora lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Friesen Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Friesen Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Friesen Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Faith Evangelical Bible Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Henderson Mennonite Brethren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mennonite Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mennonite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mennonite Cemetery is located in Hamilton County
- Farmers Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Youst Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stockham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emmanuel Reformed Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hampton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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- Free German Reformed Salem Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lushton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Council Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- United Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Prairie Gem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sutton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Friesen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Friesen Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Henderson
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stockham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockham have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockham
- Stockham is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lushton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bixby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bradshaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurora have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,490 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <6>
- Sutton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saronville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saronville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saronville
- Saronville is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saronville <6>
- Grafton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- McCool Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- York
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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- Harvard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Verona is located in Clay County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Verona
- From the Friesen Cemetery to Verona
- Kronborg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fairmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Giltner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Giltner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giltner
- Giltner is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Giltner <6>
- Arborville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Marquette
(18 miles [29 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 Friesen Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hamilton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Friesen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aurora
- Benedict
- Bradshaw
- Clay Center
- Fairmont
- Geneva
- Giltner
- Grafton
- Hampton
- Harvard
- Henderson
- Hordville
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- Continue List (7 more)
- McCool Junction
- Polk
- Stockham
- Sutton
- Waco
- Waco lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Friesen Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Waco.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- York
- York lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Friesen Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for York.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
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 websites either 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 Friesen Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Hamilton County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) 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 Friesen Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #829424 (Friesen Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #829424 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Henderson
- County: Hamilton Elev: 526
- Location given for GNIS #829424 (Friesen Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100659
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hamilton County: www.co.hamilton.ne.us/
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 Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Friesen Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7745, Longitude: -97.8452 |
<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> | 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. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<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. |