A visit to the Lyons 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 Lyons Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lyons Cemetery:
41.9450, -96.4648
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lyons Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lyons Cemetery is located in Burt County<2>.
The county seat for Burt County is located in Tekamah. Tekamah lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the southeast of the Lyons Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lyons Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Lyons Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lyons Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Bancroft Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bancroft Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft Cemetery
- Grace Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Blomgren Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- Peterson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Peterson Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson Cemetery
- Craig Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Craig Cemetery is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Cemetery
- Walthill Evergreen Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Walthill Evergreen Cemetery is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthill Evergreen Cemetery
- The Walthill Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100603 <5>
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- Pilcher Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Pilcher Cemetery is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilcher Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Omaha Tribal Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Omaha Tribal Cemetery is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Tribal Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Omaha Tribal Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Macy.
- The Omaha Tribal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blackbird Hill Cemetery
- Umo Ho Tribal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101083 <5>
- Covenant Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dewitt Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- The Dewitt Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Cemetery
- St. Michael Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Michael Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Cemetery
- Uehling Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- The Uehling Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uehling Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Lyons Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lyons Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lyons
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bertha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bertha is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Bancroft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rosalie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Craig
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
- West Point has also been known as:
- Westpoint
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <6>
- Uehling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Walthill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tekamah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pender
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beemer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Albaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Albaton is located in Monona County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albaton
- Crowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowell
- Admah ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Admah is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah
- Blencoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blencoe is located in Monona County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blencoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Onawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Monterey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monterey is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Winnebago
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whiting
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thurston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scribner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Herman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Lyons Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Burt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lyons Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bancroft
- Beemer
- Blencoe
- Craig
- Craig lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Lyons Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Craig.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Decatur
- Herman
- Lyons
- Oakland
- Onawa
- Pender
- Rosalie
- Scribner
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Continue List (5 more)
- Uehling
- Walthill
- West Point
- Winnebago
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 helpful 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 Lyons Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Burt 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 Lyons Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #830979 (Lyons Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #830979 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: Burt
- Est. Elev: 403 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lyons
- Location given for Lyons Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.9449926 Lon: -96.4647506
- 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 Burt, 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- Lyons 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |