A visit to the Hopewell Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Hopewell Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hopewell Cemetery:
40.4264, -96.4450
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Tecumseh. Tecumseh lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Hopewell Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hopewell Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Hopewell Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hopewell Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hooker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hooker Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Cemetery
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immanuel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100814 <5>
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Sterling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crab Orchard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vesta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- St. Mary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Saint Mary.
- The St. Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Rosary Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252877 <5>
- Pella Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Firth Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Firth Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Firth Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Firth.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100639 <5>
- Zion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
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- Panama Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Sunnyside Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Cemetery
- Filley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Filley Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filley Cemetery
- Helena Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hope Lutheran Cemetery is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Lutheran Cemetery
- The Hope Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100798 <5>
- Dughman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Dughman Cemetery is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dughman Cemetery
- The Dughman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crabtree Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100559 <5>
- Douglas Rosehill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Douglas Rosehill Cemetery is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Rosehill Cemetery
- The Douglas Rosehill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- Rosehill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244883 <5>
- St. Martins Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Martins Cemetery is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Martins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Martins Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Douglas.
- The St. Martins Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Martins Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101336 <5>
- Solon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Solon Cemetery is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Solon Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Panama and Douglas. The cemetery lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Douglas.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101464 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Hopewell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hopewell Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Adams
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sterling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crab Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vesta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vesta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
- Saint Mary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Mary is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
- Filley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burr
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Douglas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Firth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Panama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lewiston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Tecumseh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rockford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockford is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Holland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Cortland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pickrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hickman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bennet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
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 Hopewell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hopewell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adams
- Beatrice
- Bennet
- Burchard
- Burr
- Burr lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Hopewell Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Burr.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Cook
- Cook lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Hopewell Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cook.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cortland
- Crab Orchard
- Douglas
- Elk Creek
- Filley
- Firth
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Continue List (10 more)
- Hallam
- Hickman
- Palmyra
- Panama
- Steinauer
- Sterling
- Tecumseh
- Unadilla
- Virginia
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 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 Hopewell Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Johnson 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 Hopewell Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #830126 (Hopewell Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #830126 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: Johnson
- Est. Elev: 393 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sterling
- Location given for Hopewell Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4263886 Lon: -96.4450156
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Johnson, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hopewell 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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |