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 #101061)
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 Oak Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Grove Cemetery
Lat: 40.9947° (40° 59' 40")
Lon: -96.9381° (-96° 56' 17")
The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Seward County<2>.
The county seat for Seward County is located in Seward. Seward lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Oak Grove Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Oak Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Germantown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Seward County
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Assumption Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Malcolm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valparaiso Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jensen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Loma Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loma Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Loma Cemetery is located in Butler County
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seward Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 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.
- Garland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Agnew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Malcolm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Valparaiso
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Loma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seward
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seward have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Seward is located in Seward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,363 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seward <6>
- Staplehurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ruby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Ruby is located in Seward County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ruby
- From the Oak Grove Cemetery to Ruby
- Brainard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pleasant Dale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Emerald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Davey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ulysses
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Grover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gaslight Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gaslight Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Gaslight Village is located in Lancaster County
- West Lincoln
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arbor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arbor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor
- Arbor is located in Lancaster County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Arbor
- From the Oak Grove Cemetery to Arbor
- Ceresco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tamora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garrison
(17 miles [27.4 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 Oak Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Seward County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oak Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brainard
- Ceresco
- Dwight
- Garrison
- Lincoln
- Milford
- Seward
- Staplehurst
- Tamora
- Ulysses
- Valparaiso
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 professional and volunteer 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 Seward 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 Oak Grove Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #831810 (Oak Grove Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #831810 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: Garland
- County: Seward Elev: 433
- Location given for GNIS #831810 (Oak Grove Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101061
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Seward County: www.connectseward.org/cgov/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://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 Seward, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Oak Grove Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9947, Longitude: -96.9381 |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |