A visit to the Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rose Hill Cemetery (FG ID #1971523).
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 Rose Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rose Hill Cemetery:
41.5814, -96.2698
The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Washington County<2>.
The county seat for Washington County is located in Blair. Blair lies just to the east southeast of the Rose Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rose Hill Cemetery.
Name Variations for Rose Hill Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Rose Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rose Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vacoma Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cuming City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New England Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Telbasta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brewster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gods Acre Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kennard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fontanelle Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Colby - Morley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blair Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Admah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Admah Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Admah Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah Cemetery
- Hartung Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Admah Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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 Rose Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rose Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Herman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Telbasta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fontanelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kennard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Admah ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Admah is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admah
- Arlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nickerson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winslow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Modale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tekamah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elk City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Craig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- California Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hooper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bennington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Calhoun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mondamin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Inglewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Inglewood is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Uehling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodcliff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- King Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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 Rose Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Washington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rose Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arlington
- Bennington
- Blair
- Blair lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Rose Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Blair.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Craig
- Craig lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Rose Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Craig.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- De Soto - Historic
- Fort Calhoun
- Fremont
- Herman
- Hooper
- Kennard
- Tekamah
- Uehling
- Valley
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Rose Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Washington 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 Rose Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1971523
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 Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rose Hill 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. |