A visit to the Lafayette 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 Lafayette Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Lafayette Cemetery (FG ID #100878)
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 Lafayette Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lafayette Cemetery
Lat: 40.5128° (40° 30' 46")
Lon: -95.9547° (-95° 57' 16")
The Lafayette Cemetery is located in Nemaha County<2>.
The county seat for Nemaha County is located in Auburn. Auburn lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast of the Lafayette Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Lafayette Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lafayette Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Paul's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clifton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenrock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Biggs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Nemaha County
- St. Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Livingston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Highland Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Schacht Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sheridan West Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Lafayette Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lafayette Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Brock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Talmage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Julian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lorton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Johnson is located in Nemaha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson <7>
- Rohrs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Auburn is located in Nemaha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,342 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <7>
- Cook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook is located in Johnson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <7>
- Graf ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Graf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Graf is located in Johnson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Graf
- From the Lafayette Cemetery to Graf
- Dunbar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunbar have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Dunbar is located in Otoe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunbar <7>
- Peru
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nebraska City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Payne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Payne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Payne is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Payne
- From the Lafayette Cemetery to Payne
- Tecumseh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Syracuse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otoe have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otoe
- Otoe is located in Otoe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otoe <7>
- Brownville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Watson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Percival
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Percival have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percival
- Percival is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Percival <7>
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 Lafayette Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Nemaha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lafayette Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Auburn
- Brock
- Brownville
- Burr
- Cook
- Dunbar
- Elk Creek
- Graf - Historic
- Graf lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Lafayette Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Graf.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Hamburg
- Howe
- Howe lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Lafayette Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Howe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Johnson
- Julian
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Continue List (8 more)
- Nemaha
- Otoe
- Otoe lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Lafayette Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Otoe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otoe
- Peru
- Syracuse
- Talmage
- Tecumseh
- Wyoming
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 Lafayette Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Nemaha 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #830579 (Lafayette Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #830579 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: Paul
- County: Nemaha Elev: 307
- Location given for GNIS #830579 (Lafayette Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100878
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Nemaha, 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 Lafayette Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5128, Longitude: -95.9547 |
<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> | 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. |
<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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |