A visit to the Horak 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 Horak Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Horak Cemetery (FG ID #2270968)
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 Horak Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Horak Cemetery
Lat: 41.0756° (41° 4' 32")
Lon: -98.9305° (-98° 55' 49")
The Horak Cemetery is located in Sherman County<2>.
The county seat for Sherman County is located in Loup City. Loup City lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north of the Horak Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Horak Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Horak Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101097 <1>
- Highland Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sweetwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Verdurette Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hayestown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hazard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sodtown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pleasanton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Majors Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Souleville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Litchfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Horak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Horak Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ravenna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sweetwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hazard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasanton
(11 miles [17.7 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.<5> 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)
- Litchfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litchfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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 <6>
- Ashton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Loup City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sartoria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Prairie Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nysted
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cairo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Loup City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Loup City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Loup City
- North Loup City is located in Sherman County
- Cameron
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Farwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- 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.<5> 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 <6>
- Dannevirke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mason City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
- Mason City is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason City <6>
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 Horak Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sherman County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Horak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashton
- Cairo
- Dannebrog
- Gibbon
- Hazard
- Litchfield
- Loup City
- Mason City
- Ravenna
- Sartoria
- Shelton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Horak Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Sherman County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) 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 Horak Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Sherman County: www.co.sherman.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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Sherman, 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' (or 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Horak Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0756, Longitude: -98.9305 |
<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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |