A visit to the Poor Farm 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 Poor Farm Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Poor Farm Cemetery (FG ID #2316436).
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 Poor Farm Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Poor Farm Cemetery:
40.7720, -98.9695
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Poor Farm Cemetery has been estimated.<2> - use with caution.
The Poor Farm Cemetery is located in Buffalo County<3>.
The county seat for Buffalo County is located in Kearney. Kearney lies just to the southwest of the Poor Farm Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Poor Farm Cemetery.
Establishment of the Poor Farm Cemetery ...
The Poor Farm Cemetery was established in 1878.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> of the Poor Farm Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Prairie Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbon Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kearney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fairmont Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ft. Kearney Post Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burgess Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Majors Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Divide Pioneer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dove Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peake Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shelton Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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]<4> of the Poor Farm Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Poor Farm Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Buda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glenwood Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gibbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kearney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kearney City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Valley City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Valley City is located in Kearney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Riverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Denman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Poole
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pleasanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Odessa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Heartwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amherst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ravenna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Minden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nantasket ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Nantasket is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantasket
- Kenesaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wood River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sartoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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 Poor Farm Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Buffalo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Poor Farm Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amherst
- Axtell
- Elm Creek
- Gibbon
- Kearney
- Kenesaw
- Minden
- Newark
- Ravenna
- Sartoria
- Shelton
- Wood River
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Poor Farm Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Buffalo 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 Poor Farm Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2316436
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> | 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. |
| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Buffalo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poor Farm Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |