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A visit to the Plum Creek 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 Plum Creek Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Plum Creek Cemetery (FG ID #101180)

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 Plum Creek Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Plum Creek Cemetery

Lat:   41.3469°   (41° 20' 48")

Lon:   -102.0837°   (-102° 5' 1")

The Plum Creek Cemetery is located in Garden County<2>.

The county seat for Garden County is located in Oshkosh. Oshkosh lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Plum Creek Cemetery .

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 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 Plum Creek Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to Garden 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 Plum Creek Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 14 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Plum Creek Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Plum Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Lewellen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Belmar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
      • Belmar is located in Keith County
    • Lemoyne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Oshkosh
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Big Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Megeath
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Megeath have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megeath
      • Megeath is located in Keith County
    • Brule
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ogallala
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Arthur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chappell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Julesburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Keystone
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Roscoe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roscoe have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
      • Roscoe is located in Keith County
    • Lisco
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Plum Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Garden County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Plum Creek Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km] of the Plum Creek Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Plum Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Ash Creek Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ash Hollow Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Durham Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Durham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Durham Cemetery is located in Garden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Durham Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100562 <1>
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Day Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • The Zion Cemetery is located in Deuel County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Big Springs.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101665 <1>
    • Antelope Valley Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oshkosh Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Kingery Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Elizabeth's Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Berea Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Berea Cemetery is located in Deuel County
      • The Berea Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Berea Lutheran Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berea Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2178623 <1>
    • Kowanda Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Big Spring Cemetery
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Brule Cemetery
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • The Brule Cemetery is located in Keith County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Brule Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Brule.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brule Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100431 <1>
      • Mennonite Cemetery
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ogallala Cemetery
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • The Ogallala Cemetery is located in Keith County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ogallala Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Ogallala.
        • The Ogallala Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Ogallala City Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ogallala Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101068 <1>
      • Boot Hill Cemetery
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Arthur Cemetery
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Chappell Cemetery
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • The Chappell Cemetery is located in Deuel County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chappell Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Chappell.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chappell Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100479 <1>
      • Hillside Cemetery
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Sedgwick County (CO)
        • The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Julesburg Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57368 <1>

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

    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 Plum Creek Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #832282  (Plum Creek Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #832282 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: Ruthton
      • County: Garden         Elev: 1062
      • Location given for GNIS #832282 (Plum Creek Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #101180

    The official website for Garden County: www.co.garden.ne.us/

    The official website for State of Nebraska: 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 Garden, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Plum Creek Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3469, Longitude: -102.0837    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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 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.




 

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