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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Merna Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Merna Cemetery (FG ID #2306178)

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 Merna Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Merna Cemetery

Lat:   41.4884°   (41° 29' 18")

Lon:   -99.7878°   (-99° 47' 16")

The Merna Cemetery is located in Custer County<2>.

The county seat for Custer County is located in Broken Bow. Broken Bow lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Merna Cemetery .

Name Variations for Merna Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Merna Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Kilfoil Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Merna Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to Custer 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 Merna Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Merna Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Merna Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Merna
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merna have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merna
      • Merna is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merna <5>
    • New Helena
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Helena
      • New Helena is located in Custer County
    • Broken Bow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
      • Broken Bow is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,437 people
      • Broken Bow has also been known as:
      • Brokenbow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Bow <5>
    • Anselmo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gates
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
      • Gates is located in Custer County
    • Callaway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Berwyn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwyn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
      • Berwyn is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwyn <5>
    • Weissert
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Arnold
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Westerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Oconto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Buckeye
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Buckeye is located in Custer County
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Sargent
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ansley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wescott
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
        • Wescott is located in Custer County
      • Logan
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Logan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
        • Logan is located in Logan County
      • Almeria
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almeria
        • Almeria is located in Loup County
      • Comstock
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
        • Comstock is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <5>
      • Taylor
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dunning
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

    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 Merna Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Custer County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Merna Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km] of the Merna Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Merna Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • St. Andrews Catholic Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ortello Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hilldale Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Hilldale Cemetery is located in Custer County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hilldale Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the south of Broken Bow.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hilldale Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100774 <1>
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • The New Hope Cemetery is located in Custer County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of New Helena.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101038 <1>
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Anselms Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Victoria Springs Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Grandview Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Grandview Cemetery is located in Custer County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grandview Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Anselmo.
      • The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Grand View Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141797 <1>
    • Broken Bow Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gates Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Woldheim Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Woldheim Cemetery is located in Custer County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woldheim Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west of Arnold.
      • The Woldheim Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Wilhelm Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woldheim Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101628 <1>
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Kingsbury Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Franch Tableland Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Round Valley Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Rose Hill Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside Cemetery
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Powell Canyon Cemetery
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Walworth Cemetery
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Walworth Cemetery is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walworth Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101598 <1>
      • Lodi Cemetery
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lone Tree Cemetery
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Merna Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #831233  (Merna Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #831233 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: Merna
      • County: Custer         Elev: 809
      • Location given for GNIS #831233 (Merna Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2306178

    The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.ne.us/

    The official website for State of Nebraska: 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 Custer, 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 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 Merna Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4884, Longitude: -99.7878    
    <4>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.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <6>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.




 

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