A visit to the Majors 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 Majors Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Majors Cemetery (FG ID #100940).
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 Majors Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Majors Cemetery:
40.9278, -98.9895
The Majors Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Poole.
The cemetery is located in Buffalo County<3>.
The county seat for Buffalo County is located in Kearney. Kearney lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the south southwest of the Majors Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Majors Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Majors Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Majors Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burgess Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasanton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sweetwater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fairmont Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Highland Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Divide Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Peake Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sodtown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Poor Farm Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Horak Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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]<2> of the Majors Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Majors Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Poole
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Prairie Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasanton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nantasket ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nantasket is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantasket
- Hazard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sartoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Riverdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Buda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gibbon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Amherst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kearney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shelton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Howard City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howard City is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Boelus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Newark
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
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 Majors Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Buffalo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Majors Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amherst
- Cairo
- Cairo lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Majors Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cairo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Gibbon
- Hazard
- Kearney
- Litchfield
- Newark
- Ravenna
- Sartoria
- Shelton
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 Majors Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Buffalo 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 Majors Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100940
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #831010 (Majors Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #831010 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: Buffalo
- Est. Elev: 649 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Poole
- Location given for Majors Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9280676 Lon: -98.9895297
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Majors Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Buffalo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |