A visit to the Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oak Grove Cemetery (FG ID #101060).
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 Oak Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Grove Cemetery:
40.4053, -96.9486
The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Saline County<2>.
The county seat for Saline County is located in Wilber. Wilber lies just to the north of the Oak Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Oak Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Oak Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Plummers Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Wilber Czech Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Swan Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Kilpatrick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Kilpatrick Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilpatrick Cemetery
- First Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Summit Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waymire Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Megli Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Fork Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Emmanuel Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmanuel Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Plymouth Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Old Plymouth Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Plymouth Cemetery
- First Mennonite Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Center Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
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 Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- De Witt
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wilber
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clatonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swanton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pickrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hallam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ellis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kramer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Western
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harbine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Beatrice
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Cortland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crete
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jansen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dorchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sprague
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Martell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Daykin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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 Oak Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Saline County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beatrice
- Cortland
- Crete
- Daykin
- De Witt
- Diller
- Dorchester
- Firth
- Firth lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Oak Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Firth.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
- Hallam
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Plymouth
- Swanton
- Tobias
- Western
- Wilber
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 Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Saline 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 Oak Grove Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101060
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #831809 (Oak Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #831809 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: Saline
- Est. Elev: 412 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wilber
- Location given for Oak Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4050028 Lon: -96.9486397
- 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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Saline, 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- Oak Grove 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. |