A visit to the Highland 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 Highland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Highland Cemetery (FG ID #100758).
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 Highland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Cemetery:
40.5980, -98.3908
The Highland Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.
The county seat for Adams County is located in Hastings. Hastings lies just to the south of the Highland Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Highland Cemetery.
Establishment of the Highland Cemetery ...
The Highland Cemetery was established in 1873.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Highland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Parkview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ingleside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Inland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Juniata Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- True Dutch Reformed Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenvil Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Inland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Concordia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blue Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glenville Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Highland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hastings
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Good Samaritan Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blaine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hansen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Juniata
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brickton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Inland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Trumbull
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenvil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Assumption
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ayr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prosser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prosser is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hayland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roseland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doniphan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kenesaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harvard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Holstein
(16 miles [25.7 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 Highland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alda
- Alda lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Highland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alda
- Ayr
- Ayr lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Highland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ayr.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayr
- Blue Hill
- Clay Center
- Doniphan
- Fairfield
- Giltner
- Harvard
- Hastings
- Holstein
- Juniata
- Kenesaw
- Roseland
- Wood River
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 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 Highland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Adams 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 Highland Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100758
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #829967 (Highland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #829967 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: Adams
- Est. Elev: 589 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hastings West
- Location given for Highland Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5983468 Lon: -98.3908934
- 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 Adams, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Highland 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. |