A visit to the Rock Creek 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 Rock Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rock Creek Cemetery:
41.9164, -96.8606
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rock Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rock Creek Cemetery is located in Cuming County<2>.
The county seat for Cuming County is located in West Point. West Point lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Rock Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rock Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Rock Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rock Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Immanuel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Beemer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Beemer Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beemer Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Wisner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Wisner Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Dewitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Dewitt Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Cemetery
- Norwegian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Norwegian Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Boniface Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Boniface Cemetery
- Schwedt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Schwedt Cemetery is located in Stanton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwedt Cemetery
- The Schwedt Cemetery has also been known as:
- Schere / Schulz Cemetery
- Schwedt Post Office Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485221 <5>
- St. Michael Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Michael Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Carter Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Anthony Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthony Cemetery
- St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pilger Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Pilger Cemetery is located in Stanton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilger Cemetery
- Covenant Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Pender.
- The St. Marks Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Marks Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101335 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Rock Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rock Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Beemer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wisner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aloys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Aloys is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloys
- Monterey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Cuming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- West Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Pilger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Howells
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Crowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowell
- Pender
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Clarkson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thurston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scribner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rosalie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
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 Rock Creek 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 Rock Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bancroft
- Beemer
- Clarkson
- Dodge
- Howells
- Leigh
- Lyons
- Oakland
- Pender
- Pilger
- Rosalie
- Scribner
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Continue List (9 more)
- Stanton
- Uehling
- Wakefield
- Walthill
- Wayne
- Wayne lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wayne.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- West Point
- Winside
- 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 Rock Creek 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 Rock Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832645 (Rock Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #832645 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: 432 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Beemer
- Location given for Rock Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.9163909 Lon: -96.860592
- 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rock Creek 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. |