A visit to the Saint Johns 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 St. Johns Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Johns Cemetery (FG ID #101300).
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 St. Johns Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Johns Cemetery:
40.8525, -96.0272
The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Cass County<2>.
The county seat for Cass County is located in Plattsmouth. Plattsmouth lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast of the St. Johns Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Johns Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the St. Johns Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Avoca Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eight Mile Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lewiston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Cowles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clemmons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Youngs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- First Lutheran Church Cemetery - North Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitten Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eatons Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Eatons Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Cemetery
- Sciota Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kenosha Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Johns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nehawka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weeping Water
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Avoca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Murray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mynard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- McPaul
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dunbar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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- Bartlett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Plattsmouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Louisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Percival
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nebraska City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thurman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cullom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Murdock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Syracuse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Bend
(15 miles [24.1 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 St. Johns Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cass County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Johns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Avoca
- Dunbar
- Elmwood
- Murdock
- Murray
- Nebraska City
- Nehawka
- Otoe
- Otoe lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the St. Johns Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Otoe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otoe
- Plattsmouth
- South Bend
- Syracuse
- Thurman
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Union lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the St. Johns Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Union.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Wabash
- Weeping Water
- Wyoming
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 St. Johns Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Cass 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 St. Johns Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101300
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832897 (Saint Johns Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #832897 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: Cass
- Est. Elev: 333 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Avoca
- Location given for Saint Johns Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8525012 Lon: -96.0261205
- 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 Cass, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Johns 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. |