A visit to the Highland Center 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 Center Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Highland Center Cemetery (FG ID #100767)
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 Center Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Center Cemetery
Lat: 40.4661° (40° 27' 57")
Lon: -96.7614° (-96° 45' 41")
The cemetery is located in Gage County<3>.
As an estimate, the Highland Center Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Cortland.
The county seat for Gage County is located in Beatrice. Beatrice lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the south of the Highland Center Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Highland Center Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Highland Center Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Immanuel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Gage County
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hallam Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunnyside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sunnyside Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hallam Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Grandview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Princeton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- John Sothan Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Elysian View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Firth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dietz Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buhrmann Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kramer Community Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. John Lutheran Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stockfeldt Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Highland Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Center Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cortland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cortland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Cortland is located in Gage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortland <7>
- Clatonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hallam
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pickrell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Princeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- De Witt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Firth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kramer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilber
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sprague
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Martell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Holland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beatrice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Adams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adams have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Gage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <7>
- Roca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roca have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roca
- Roca is located in Lancaster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roca <7>
- Crete
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Panama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <7>
- Swanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rockford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Filley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Center Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Gage County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland Center Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adams
- Beatrice
- Bennet
- Cortland
- Crab Orchard
- Crete
- Crete lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the Northwest (NW) of the Highland Center Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Crete.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- De Witt
- Denton
- Denton lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Highland Center Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Denton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Filley
- Firth
- Firth lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Highland Center Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Firth.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
- Hallam
- Hickman
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Plymouth
- Swanton
- Wilber
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 Highland Center Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Gage 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 Center 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 Center Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #829972 (Highland Center Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #829972 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: Clatonia
- County: Gage Elev: 445
- Location given for GNIS #829972 (Highland Center Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100767
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Gage County: www.co.gage.ne.us/
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> | 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 Center Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4661, Longitude: -96.7614 |
<3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Gage, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<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> | 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> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |