A visit to the Portal 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 Portal Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Portal Cemetery (FG ID #101185).
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 Portal Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Portal Cemetery:
41.1840, -96.0808
The Portal Cemetery is located in Sarpy County<2>.
The county seat for Sarpy County is located in Papillion. Papillion lies just to the southeast of the Portal Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Portal Cemetery.
Establishment of the Portal Cemetery ...
The Portal Cemetery was established October 1, 1879.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Portal Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Portal Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Voss Mohr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Papillion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Beth El Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Dale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ressurection Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glesmann Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beth Hamedrosh Hagodel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graceland Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The West Lawn Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lawn Cemetery
- Westlawn - Hillcrest Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grabow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Springfield Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Portal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Portal Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Portal
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Papillion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- La Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ralston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chalco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Millard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Richfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boys Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Omaha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gilmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Gretna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Avery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Cedar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cullom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bellevue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Irvington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elkhorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- La Platte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carter Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Home Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Council Bluffs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Briggs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Waterloo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Louisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bennington
(13 miles [20.9 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 Portal Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sarpy County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Portal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bellevue
- Bennington
- Boys Town
- Council Bluffs
- Elkhorn
- Gretna
- Millard
- Omaha
- Papillion
- Ralston
- Waterloo
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Portal Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Sarpy 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 Portal Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101185
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832316 (Portal Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #832316 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: Sarpy
- Est. Elev: 346 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ralston
- Location given for Portal Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.1838878 Lon: -96.0805728
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Sarpy, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Portal 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |