A visit to the Hiawatha 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 Hiawatha Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Hiawatha Cemetery (FG ID #100752)
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 Hiawatha Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hiawatha Cemetery
Lat: 40.3295° (40° 19' 46")
Lon: -101.6538° (-101° 39' 13")
The Hiawatha Cemetery is located in Dundy County<2>.
The county seat for Dundy County is located in Benkelman. Benkelman lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Hiawatha Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 24 miles [38.6 km] of the Hiawatha Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hiawatha Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ough Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Highland Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parks Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ash Grove Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Chase Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eden Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Benkelman Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hughes Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Max Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlaw Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Meadow Lawn Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Hiawatha Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hiawatha Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Champion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enders
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Imperial
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Crete
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wauneta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Max
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Parks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Benkelman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hamlet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lamar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamar have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Lamar is located in Chase County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Stratton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Haigler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Catherine ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Palisade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blanche ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blanche. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Blanche is located in Chase County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Blanche
- From the Hiawatha Cemetery to Blanche
- Laird
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Hiawatha Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dundy County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hiawatha Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Benkelman
- Champion
- Haigler
- Imperial
- Stratton
- Wauneta
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 Hiawatha Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Dundy 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 Hiawatha Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal 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 Hiawatha Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #829944 (Hiawatha Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #829944 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: Champion SW
- County: Dundy Elev: 1003
- Location given for GNIS #829944 (Hiawatha Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100752
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Dundy, 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 Hiawatha Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3295, Longitude: -101.6538 |
<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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<6> | 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. |
<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. |