A visit to the Rock 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 Rock Creek Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rock Creek Cemetery (FG ID #101228).
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:
41.3366, -98.3249
The Rock Creek Cemetery is located in Howard County<2>.
The county seat for Howard County is located in Saint Paul. Saint Paul lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest 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 15 miles [24.1 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.
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wolbach Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wolbach Cemetery is located in Greeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolbach Cemetery
- North Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The North Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- South Logan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Logan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- Hamm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Summit Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairdale / Scott Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Elmwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morning Star Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peace Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redwing Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Elba Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- German Methodist Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- O'Connor Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Enfield Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- The Enfield Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 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:
- Cushing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolbach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Archer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Worms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Belgrade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cotesfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Farwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Libory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cedar Rapids
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dannebrog
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hord
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fullerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Greeley Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greeley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dannevirke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nysted
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Primrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scotia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paddock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paddock is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Central City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Horace ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Howard County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rock Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belgrade
- Cedar Rapids
- Central City
- Cushing
- Dannebrog
- Fullerton
- Greeley
- Palmer
- Primrose
- Saint Paul
- Scotia
- Wolbach
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 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 Rock Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Howard 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 Find-A-Grave Entry: #101228
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832644 (Rock Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #832644 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: Howard
- Est. Elev: 590 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cushing
- Location given for Rock Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3366799 Lon: -98.3250665
- 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 Howard, 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 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Elba and Cushing. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |