A visit to the Holland 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 Holland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Holland Cemetery (FG ID #100779).
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 Holland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Holland Cemetery:
40.5957, -96.6003
The Holland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Holland.
The cemetery is located in Lancaster County<2>.
The county seat for Lancaster County is located in Lincoln. Lincoln lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Holland Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Holland Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Holland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Holland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Swiggart Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hickman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stagecoach Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dietz Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Firth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Panama Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roca Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stockfeldt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Princeton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pella Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cheney Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Saltillo - Simmons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Centerville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hallam Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Sunnyside Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Cemetery
- Solon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bennet Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buhrmann Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- John Sothan Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grandview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
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 Holland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Holland Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Holland
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hickman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Firth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Panama
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Princeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roca
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanlon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanlon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlon
- Bennet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sprague
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cortland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cheney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Martell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hallam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Douglas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- College View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Palmyra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Holland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lancaster County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Holland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adams
- Adams lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Holland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adams.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Bennet
- Burr
- Burr lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Holland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Burr.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- College View
- Cortland
- Denton
- Douglas
- Firth
- Hallam
- Hickman
- Lincoln
- Palmyra
- Panama
- Sterling
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 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 Holland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Lancaster 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 Holland Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100779
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #830053 (Holland Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #830053 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: Lancaster
- Est. Elev: 404 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Firth
- Location given for Holland Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5958339 Lon: -96.6000174
- 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 Lancaster, 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 from Point A (ie- Holland 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. |