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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Greenwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Greenwood Cemetery (FG ID #100714)

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 Greenwood Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.8707°   (40° 52' 14")

Lon:   -97.6090°   (-97° 36' 32")

The Greenwood Cemetery is located in York County<2>.

The county seat for York County is located in York. York lies just to the east of the Greenwood 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 professional and volunteer 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 Greenwood Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to York 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 Greenwood 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 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Greenwood Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • York
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Waco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bradshaw
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • McCool Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Thayer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
      • Thayer is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Benedict
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lushton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
      • Lushton is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • Henderson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Utica
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Arborville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arborville
      • Arborville is located in York County
    • Hampton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Gresham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Continue List   (15 more) ...
      • Fairmont
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Polk
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stromsburg
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bixby
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
        • Bixby is located in Fillmore County
      • Grafton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Exeter
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
        • Exeter is located in Fillmore County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <4>
      • Cordova
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Beaver Crossing
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Kronborg
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronborg
        • Kronborg is located in Hamilton County
      • Stockham
        (20 miles [32.2 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
      • Goehner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Tamora
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamora
        • Tamora is located in Seward County
      • Hordville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Swedehome
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedehome
        • Swedehome is located in Polk County
      • Aurora
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • 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 <4>

    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 Greenwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in York County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenwood Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Greenwood Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bethesda Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Vernon Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Creek Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Lincoln Creek Cemetery is located in York County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lincoln Creek Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of York.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Creek Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100903 <1>
    • Council Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rosemond Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McCool Junction Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Waco Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Holoch Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Plainfield Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...

    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 Greenwood Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #829680  (Greenwood Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #829680 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: York South
      • County: York         Elev: 498
      • Location given for GNIS #829680 (Greenwood Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #100714

    The official website for York County: www.yorkcounty.ne.gov/

    The official website for State of Nebraska: 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 York, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Greenwood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8707, Longitude: -97.6090    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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 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.




 

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