A visit to the Nebraska State Penitentiary 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 Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery (FG ID #2402837).
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 Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery:
40.7668, -96.7064
The Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery is located in Lancaster County<2>.
The county seat for Lancaster County is located in Lincoln. Lincoln lies just to the north of the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Yankee Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lincoln Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saltillo - Simmons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- College View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wyuka Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cheney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Emerald Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Denton Sunnyside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Schultz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Roca Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stockfeldt Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hickman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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]<3> of the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- College View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lincoln
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gaslight Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gaslight Village is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Pine Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Belmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cheney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Denton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hanlon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hanlon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlon
- Roca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Havelock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Emerald
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Martell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sprague
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hickman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Home
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bennet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Malcolm
(12 miles [19.3 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 Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery. The following communities are located in Lancaster County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bennet
- Bennet lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bennet.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennet
- College View
- Denton
- Denton lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Denton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Hickman
- Hickman lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hickman.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Lincoln
- Waverly
- Waverly lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Waverly.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
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 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 Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Lancaster 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 Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2402837
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 Lancaster, 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- Nebraska State Penitentiary 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |