A visit to the Helena 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 Helena Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Helena Cemetery (FG ID #100748).
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 Helena Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Helena Cemetery:
40.5087, -96.2463
The Helena Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Tecumseh. Tecumseh lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Helena Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Helena Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Helena Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Helena Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wilcox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dughman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Dughman Cemetery is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dughman Cemetery
- The Dughman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crabtree Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100559 <1>
- Sterling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Livingston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Schacht Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dudley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- St. Martins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Douglas Rosehill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grant Evergreen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Solon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Vesta Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Park Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Helena Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Helena Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Burr
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Mary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graf ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Syracuse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vesta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Talmage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Unadilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lorton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Adams
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Johnson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crab Orchard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Palmyra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Otoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rohrs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bennet
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Firth
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Helena Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Helena Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adams
- Adams lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Helena Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adams.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Bennet
- Brock
- Burr
- Cook
- Crab Orchard
- Douglas
- Dunbar
- Elk Creek
- Firth
- Graf - Historic
- Graf lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Helena Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Graf.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Johnson
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Continue List (9 more)
- Otoe
- Otoe lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Helena Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Otoe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otoe
- Palmyra
- Panama
- Sterling
- Syracuse
- Talmage
- Tecumseh
- Unadilla
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Helena Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Johnson 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 Helena Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100748
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #829921 (Helena Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #829921 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: Johnson
- Est. Elev: 339 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cook
- Location given for Helena Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5086107 Lon: -96.2461213
- 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 Johnson, 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- Helena 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Panama and Douglas. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |