A visit to the Ong 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 Ong Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ong Cemetery (FG ID #101085).
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 Ong Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ong Cemetery:
40.4080, -97.8371
The Ong Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Clay Center. Clay Center lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northwest of the Ong Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ong Cemetery.
Establishment of the Ong Cemetery ...
The Ong Cemetery was established in 1904.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Ong Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ong Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Prairieview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stockholm Swedish Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chapel Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shickley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Edgar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Marshall Union Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Eller Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Oak Cemetery is located in Nuckolls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cemetery
- Verona Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Verona Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Verona Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Cemetery
- The Verona Cemetery has also been known as:
- Verona Baptist Cemetery
- Verona Danish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101585 <1>
- Fairfield Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Nuckolls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Keim Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Keim Cemetery is located in Thayer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keim Cemetery
- Sutton Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saronville United Methodist Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saron Lutheran Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clay Center Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oxbow Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Oxbow Cemetery is located in Nuckolls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Nuckolls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Geneva Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ong Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ong Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ong
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sedan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shickley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Edgar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Angus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Verona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Strang
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clay Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Saronville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bruning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deweese
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Grafton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bixby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nelson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nora
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ruskin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Belvidere
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
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 Ong Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ong Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belvidere
- Bruning
- Carleton
- Clay Center
- Davenport
- Deshler
- Deweese
- Edgar
- Fairfield
- Fairmont
- Geneva
- Grafton
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Continue List (9 more)
- Nelson
- Oak
- Oak lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Ong Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oak.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Ohiowa
- Ong
- Ruskin
- Shickley
- Strang
- Sutton
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 Ong Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Clay 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 Ong Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101085
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #831881 (Ong Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #831881 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: Clay
- Est. Elev: 515 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ong
- Location given for Ong Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4077861 Lon: -97.8369886
- 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 Clay, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ong 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Clay Center and Shickley. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |