A visit to the Peterson Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Peterson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Peterson Cemetery:
41.7856, -96.5931
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Peterson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Peterson Cemetery is located in Cuming County<2>.
The county seat for Cuming County is located in West Point. West Point lies just to the west northwest of the Peterson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Peterson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Peterson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Peterson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Blomgren Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Uehling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Uehling Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uehling Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Michael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Michael Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Cemetery
- Manhattan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Manhattan Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan Cemetery
- Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Baptist Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Cemetery
- Swaburg Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Anthony Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthony Cemetery
- Argo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Argo Cemetery is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Cemetery
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- St. Boniface Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The St. Boniface Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Boniface Cemetery
- Scribner Municipal Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Scribner Municipal Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner Municipal Cemetery
- The Scribner Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pebble Creek Cemetery
- Scribner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101435 <5>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Dewitt Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Dewitt Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of West Point.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100708 <5>
- St. Peter's Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Peter's Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peter's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Snyder.
- The St. Peter's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Leo's Catholic Cemetery
- St. Leo's Cemetery
- Synder Cemeetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101461 <5>
- Snyder Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Snyder Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder Cemetery
- Logan Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- West Admah Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Craig Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Craig Cemetery is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Peterson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Peterson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Uehling
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowell
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Point is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
- West Point has also been known as:
- Westpoint
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <6>
- Scribner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craig
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Monterey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Hooper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Admah ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Admah is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah
- Lyons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Bertha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bertha is located in Burt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertha
- Beemer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bancroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Webster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Webster is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Aloys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aloys is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloys
- Telbasta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Telbasta is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telbasta
- Nickerson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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 Peterson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cuming County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Peterson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bancroft
- Beemer
- Craig
- Dodge
- Dodge lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Peterson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dodge.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Herman
- Hooper
- Howells
- Lyons
- Lyons lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Peterson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lyons.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Oakland
- Rosalie
- Scribner
- Snyder
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Uehling
- West Point
- Wisner
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 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 Peterson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Cuming 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 Peterson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832055 (Peterson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #832055 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: Cuming
- Est. Elev: 428 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: West Point SE
- Location given for Peterson Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.7855522 Lon: -96.5930842
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Cuming, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Peterson 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> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |