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A visit to the Oregon Trail Memorial 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 Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery (FG ID #101089)

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 Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery

Lat:   41.6690°   (41° 40' 8")

Lon:   -103.1456°   (-103° 8' 44")

The Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery is located in Morrill County<2>.

The county seat for Morrill County is located in Bridgeport. Bridgeport lies just to the east of the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery .

Name Variations for Oregon Trail Memorial 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.

Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Oregon Trail Memorial Park 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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 14 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery.

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

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 Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Morrill County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bayard
    • Bayard lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bayard.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
  • Bridgeport
  • Broadwater
  • Dalton
    • Dalton lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dalton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
  • Gurley
    • Gurley lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gurley.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
  • Lisco
    • Lisco lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lisco.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisco
  • McGrew
    • McGrew lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for McGrew.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrew
  • Minatare
    • Minatare lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Minatare.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minatare
  • Scottsbluff

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 Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery:

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 Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #831896  (Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #831896 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: Bridgeport NW
    • County: Morrill         Elev: 1125
    • Location given for GNIS #831896 (Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #101089

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 Morrill, 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 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 Oregon Trail Memorial Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6690, Longitude: -103.1456    
<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.




 

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