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A visit to the Poor Farm Cemetery ...


We aren't confident of the location of the Poor Farm Cemetery, so consider the above location as an estimate.<1>


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 <2> 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. 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 Poor Farm Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Poor Farm Cemetery has been estimated.

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Poor Farm Cemetery

Lat:   40.7720°   (40° 46' 19")

Lon:   -98.9695°   (-98° 58' 10")

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 .

Establishment of the Poor Farm Cemetery ...

The Poor Farm Cemetery was established in 1878.

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 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 Poor Farm Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to Buffalo 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 Poor Farm 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 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buda have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
      • Buda is located in Buffalo County
    • Gibbon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
      • Gibbon is located in Buffalo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibbon <6>
    • Kearney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairie Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center
      • Prairie Center is located in Buffalo County
    • Kearney City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kearney City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney City
      • Kearney City is located in Kearney County
      • Kearney City has also been known as:
      • Dobytown
    • Valley City ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
      • Valley City is located in Kearney County
    • Riverdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Riverdale is located in Buffalo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverdale <6>
    • Shelton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
      • Shelton is located in Buffalo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelton <6>
    • Denman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denman
      • Denman is located in Buffalo County
    • Poole
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole
      • Poole is located in Buffalo County
    • Pleasanton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Odessa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Heartwell
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartwell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwell
        • Heartwell is located in Kearney County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heartwell <6>
      • 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)
      • Kenesaw
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenesaw have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenesaw
        • Kenesaw is located in Adams County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenesaw <6>
      • Wood River
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Sartoria
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartoria
        • Sartoria is located in Buffalo County
      • Sweetwater
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
        • Sweetwater is located in Buffalo County
      • Cameron
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
        • Cameron is located in Hall County

    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.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Poor Farm Cemetery.<7>

    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)
      • The Kearney Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kearney Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Kearney.
      • The Kearney Cemetery has also been known as:
      • City of Kearney Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kearney Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1104446 <2>
    • St. Mary Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the south of Kearney.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101339 <2>
    • 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)
      • The Majors Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Majors Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the north of Poole.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Majors Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100940 <2>
    • 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
      • St. Joseph Cemetery
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Dove Hill Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dove Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Dove Hill Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dove Hill Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100549 <2>
      • St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Peake Lutheran Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • The Peake Lutheran Cemetery is located in Buffalo County
        • The Peake Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Peake Cemetery
        • Peaks Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peake Lutheran Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101116 <2>
      • Liberty Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • St. Paul Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Kearney County
        • The St. Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
        • St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101382 <2>
      • Shelton Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

    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 Poor Farm Cemetery:

    The official website for Buffalo County: www.buffalogov.org/

    The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>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.
    <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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Poor Farm Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7720, Longitude: -98.9695    
    <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>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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