A visit to the Leland 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 Leland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Leland Cemetery (FG ID #100891)
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 Leland Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Leland Cemetery
Lat: 40.7352° (40° 44' 6")
Lon: -97.3102° (-97° 18' 36")
The Leland Cemetery is located in Seward County<2>.
The county seat for Seward County is located in Seward. Seward lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Leland Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Leland Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Leland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Zastrow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Leonard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Knob Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cashler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Andrew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Englehaupt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Exeter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Mills Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perry Mound Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Leland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Leland Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cordova
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Friend
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goehner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Exeter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Exeter is located in Fillmore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <5>
- Dorchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tamora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Utica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Milford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ruby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Ruby is located in Seward County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ruby
- From the Leland Cemetery to Ruby
- Waco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Fairmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McCool Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Milligan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Camden ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Camden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Camden is located in Seward County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Camden
- From the Leland Cemetery to Camden
- Seward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seward have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Seward is located in Seward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,363 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seward <5>
- York
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thayer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Staplehurst
(18 miles [29 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 Leland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Seward County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Leland Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beaver Crossing
- Crete
- Crete lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Leland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Crete.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Dorchester
- Exeter
- Fairmont
- Friend
- Geneva
- Goehner
- Gresham
- McCool Junction
- Milford
- Milligan
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Continue List (7 more)
- Staplehurst
- Tamora
- Tobias
- Utica
- Waco
- Waco lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Leland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Waco.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- York
- York lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Leland Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for York.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Leland Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Seward 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 Leland Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #830673 (Leland Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #830673 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: Friend
- County: Seward Elev: 475
- Location given for GNIS #830673 (Leland Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100891
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Seward County: www.connectseward.org/cgov/
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 Seward, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Leland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7352, Longitude: -97.3102 |
<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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<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> | 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. |