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 #100759)
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 Highland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Cemetery
Lat: 41.0332° (41° 1' 59")
Lon: -98.9327° (-98° 55' 57")
The Highland Cemetery is located in Buffalo County<2>.
The county seat for Buffalo County is located in Kearney. Kearney lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Highland Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Highland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Horak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Majors Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sodtown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hayestown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hazard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Verdurette Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasanton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burgess Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Souleville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Austin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Highland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ravenna
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Poole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hazard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howard City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
- Howard City is located in Howard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Boelus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Prairie Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litchfield have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Litchfield is located in Sherman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Litchfield <5>
- Sartoria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ashton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Loup City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cameron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nysted
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Riverdale is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverdale <5>
- Gibbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbon have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
- Gibbon is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibbon <5>
- Shelton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Shelton is located in Buffalo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelton <5>
- Dannebrog
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dannebrog have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dannebrog
- Dannebrog is located in Howard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dannebrog <5>
- Farwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Loup City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Loup City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Loup City
- North Loup City is located in Sherman County
- Glenwood Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
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 Buffalo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amherst
- Ashton
- Cairo
- Dannebrog
- Gibbon
- Hazard
- Litchfield
- Loup City
- Ravenna
- Sartoria
- Shelton
- Wood River
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 Highland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Buffalo 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 Highland 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 Highland Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #829969 (Highland Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #829969 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: Ravenna
- County: Buffalo Elev: 626
- Location given for GNIS #829969 (Highland Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100759
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Buffalo County: www.buffalogov.org/
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 Buffalo, 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 obstructions 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 Highland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0332, Longitude: -98.9327 |
<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. |